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    "id": 1018787,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1018787/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": "I want to agree with the majority of us that this is a great day. When I saw Team Kenya and Kenya taking a photograph together, I felt that there is something that has changed in this House. I felt very delighted because if there is anything I was dreading it was this weekend. I asked myself: “What will happen to us this weekend”? We were expecting that at funerals and weddings, this would all be anti-Senate. We were expecting a lot of people to talk against the Senate. It is a great day and I really want to thank God that his far we have arrived as a Senate. It is my prayer that there will be unity of purpose from now onwards because united, we will be able to change this country. I want to give a special word of appreciation to the leadership that went to negotiate; the Majority Leader, Sen. Poghisio, the Minority Leader, Sen. Orengo, Majority Whip, Sen. Kang’ata, Minority Whip, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., the Deputy Majority Whip, Sen. Dullo, the Deputy Minority Whip, Sen. Kwamboka and the peacemaker Sen. Mwaruma. I really want to appreciate them for the way they negotiated. In the Bible, according to the book of Proverbs, it takes a very wise negotiator to touch the heart of a Head of State like you did. We want to congratulate you for bringing this to our table and we hope that in the future, everything will be negotiations only because we had reached a point that was very uncomfortable. There is one person I must mention Sen. Petronilla Lokorio Were because she saw, before any of us saw that the route for us to go is to increase the allocation. It looked impossible, it looked like we were not going to go anywhere with her proposal, but it then turned out although she was asking for Kshs48 million, we could even get more. I want to thank you, Sen. Were, for fighting hard in the social forum and insisting that this is the way to go. We really must thank you for that. You have always played a mediator; I wish you had joined Sen. Mwaruma in that trip because you have always played the middle in-between the two sides of the House and we cannot take that for granted. Madam Temporary Speaker, I just want to add one more thing. First, I must recognize the work that was done by the Head of State. The President did us proud by solving this impasse because it would have taken us a long time. We really thank him. Without the Kshs53 billion, there was no way we were going to have no loser if any county was going to win. Although, I have always believed that we must have resources following functions, the way the Constitution states, sometimes we must"
}