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    "id": 982609,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I resumed my seat to allow Members to make their way in quickly. Hon. Members, I will resume. The late retired President joined elective politics on 16th October 1955 when he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council, then popularly referred to as the Legco, succeeding Hon. John ole Tameno. This was following the first election under the then Constitution, commonly then known as the Lyttleton Constitution, which introduced elected representation for Africans in the Legco. The late retired President Moi was elected to the Legco, joining the late Bernard Mate, Ronald Ngala, Tom Mboya, Oginga Odinga, Masinde Muliro, Lawrence Oguda and James Muimi. He was sworn-in on 18th October, 1955 and made his first maiden speech a week later on 25th October, 1955. During his tenure in the Legco, he also served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Education, the equivalent of an Assistant Minister at the time. The late retired President Moi was part of the Kenya delegation to the Lancaster House Conference in London, which drew up the country's first post-independent Constitution, and was also a founding member of the Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU) party. After Kenya’s independence in 1963, the late retired President Moi was elected to Parliament the same year as a Member for Baringo North constituency which later became Baringo Central Constituency. He also served as the Minister for Home Affairs from 1964, and as the third Vice President of Kenya and Leader of Government Business from 1967, before ascending to the Presidency upon the demise of the first President of the Republic, the late Mzee 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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