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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to agree and support the direction that you have given. There is a habit that seems to be forming within Members of failing to be familiar with the rules of this House and the workings of the House. What we are now doing is going to radio stations and everywhere else but Parliament, and issuing sensational statements. It is unbelievable that a Member can stand on a public platform in the countryside and say that this House is made up of wakoras. Looking for populism by tarnishing the image of this House does not help this country. In some of the social places we go to, because of this kind of approach, we are told that we cannot be trusted with any work as Members of Parliament (MPs) because we can be bought with Kshs10,000 and disappear into the toilets. These are statements that were issued by Members on the floor of this House and amplified out there in public places. If there are Members that feel so inadequate to have been elected, there are ways of giving in and going elsewhere where they can get their balance and relevance. But putting MPs in a basket and say that they can be bought by Ksh10,000 and when things are being defeated on the floor of the House, they are in the toilets speaks volumes about you who is saying that and not others. It is important that those who have not woken up to the roles that they were given… Those who are not embarrassed enough, why did they offer themselves to be elected if they think they are wakora? If you are worth Kshs10,000, why the hell did you bother to come to Parliament? You can get Ksh10,000 elsewhere. If it is a toilet you are looking for, there are public toilets out there where you can go and canvass with people. You 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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