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    "content": "Well, that is just restating what I have just said. Hon. Members, this is nothing and you never know. I have always said first and foremost respect every member who has made their way through the door of this Chamber. We never ask how they came in. How a Member finds their way through that door to become a member of this House is usually something that we do not ask. So, the best we can do is to respect because somebody made a decision to send that member to this Chamber through whatever means. That is why every Member is Honourable. They could have walked on their two feet from wherever but as long as they have made their way through that door, they are Members of this House. So, you must respect them because that is what our rules require. You never know maybe a member has been sent to this House to come and see who speaks English, Kiswahili or Sign Language and report. So, if that is what a member has been sent by the electorates to do, then we must respect. He or she will report what they found to those who sent him or her here. That is why I do not like going into what has been said out there because you could be appealing to your constituents. Maybe that is what your constituents enjoy most, but that does not mean that the House stops doing its core functions of oversight, legislating and representing. Whatever anybody says out there, others will criticise or praise and maybe not in equal measure. I have not found any parliament in the world that is popular. Immediately after an election the next day there will be comments that this one should be taken back home, but you just took them in! Now, you want to take them home after the first week? So, you just have to take it in your stride that there will be people who never wanted you to be here. So, do not expect them to praise you. There are others whom you defeated even if you came in through the special election method. Remember, you were not alone in the list and there were others who were below you who were not quite happy that you made the cut-off. I am sure all of you know that Hon. Millie Odhiambo has always spoken very strongly about Article 90 on the Party List as provided for in Section 38 of the Elections Act. There are people who were with you in those lists for those who were nominated and they never made it. They are not happy and there are others who have always looked at you as not good enough. You just have to develop some interesting skin. I do not want to explicitly say the thick one but some The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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