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    "id": 997261,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana Central, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Lodepe Nakara",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Lodepe Nakara",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, you have made a ruling that has surpassed the ones made by former Speaker, Hon. Marende. You will go into the history of this country as having given direction to this House. We are here to serve the people who elected us. We are privileged to be here. We decided to go to political parties to get tickets so that we can come here. We respect the Political Parties Act. However, there is a place where you cannot remove a privilege from a Member to represent his people in a committee, where you generate the agenda for the people. My Whip is here. I have performed very well in my Committee. Even my Chairman went and pleaded with my Whip. The reason as to why I was de-whipped from the Committee is just because I am a friend of Hon. William Ruto. Hon. Speaker, you cannot dictate to me how to choose my friends. Hon. Ruto was my friend even before I became a politician. You know I am a clergyman. I met Hon. Ruto when I was ministering. It is a very big shame. Turkana is a county where you have to struggle to sell ODM in order to come here. It is a shame that I no longer represent my people in the Committee where I would raise issues concerning the people of Turkana County. So, as you work on changing the Standing Orders, please, remove party issues from Committees. This will ensure that you are selected because you are a professional or because you are representing people. The reason I am saying so is because I have not done anything wrong in this party. I was jailed in Turkana for four days. I was under house arrest because of ODM. I told the people not to go for repeat elections. I went to hospital for three days because I was tear-gassed. I had accompanied my political leader, Hon. Raila Odinga. It is very shameful that my Whip can remove me because I am a friend of Hon. Ruto. It is not good at all. I am a Member of ODM. I have been and I am still one, but Hon. Ruto is my friend. It is as simple as that. Thank you."
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