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    "id": 1006150,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kangema, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Clement Kigano",
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        "legal_name": "Clement Muturi Kigano",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to share what the Leader of the Minority Party said and, earlier on, Hon. Waruguru also alluded to, regarding the conduct of this Member. We will be failing in our duty as Parliament if we do not scrupulously enforce the rules made by this House. When I watched this clip last night, I wondered whether I was seeing a village baraza or a Member of Parliament duly elected by Nyali people. Nyali is a fairly prominent area. An MP is not a quasi-Member. He is a full Member of this House and so there is no reason, even if he is a Jicho Pevu, to be excused. He is just but a Member of this House for that purpose. These rules were not made for a one-term Member or a ranking Member. They apply to all Members, whether one has been here for six months or less. He is a full Member bound by the rules. Other than ridiculing the Hon. Speaker, he went ahead and mismatched names of prominent Members of society who were not before the House and have no connection with the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). It is only that their land was invaded by the SGR and the consequence is compensation. They have no choice. So, to prevent future excuses…I knew even before coming to this House that debate is not extendable outside the Chamber. That I knew. Even a primary school child in this country knows that debate is confined to this House and does not go beyond. Therefore, I support that this Member be named. I thank you."
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