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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to support this Motion. As I support it, I am compelled to speak because of the very many sentiments I have heard my colleagues expressing, and it is their due right to do so. I do believe that I must clarify that within the Bill of Rights and our own democratic space, we cannot dictate to our people what to do and what not to do. What we must do, as leaders, is to show a good example. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while on platforms, we have engaged ourselves as politicians with no decorum. We have many times thrown words at each other, abused each other, and even sometimes gone out to mislead people on the character of another Member of Parliament or colleague. Therefore, when my colleagues keep on repeating what happened at Uhuru Park--- I have seen it happen in Kisii and Eldoret. I do not think that Uhuru Park function must be vilified and the people who came to celebrate the promulgation be made to feel that by their coming there and expressing their democratic right, they did anything wrong in this country. What we should do as leaders is caution our people. Most importantly, we must do what we are preaching; I must say we do not do very well in this House. Therefore, we must take responsibility and not vilify the Kenyans who did a good job to come and support the promulgation of the Constitution at Uhuru Park. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support."
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