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    "id": 1018880,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1018880/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank our President, His Excellency Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. If he had not called the leadership yesterday, sat and reasoned with them, today, we would have been in the same state that we have been in. I want to thank and also congratulate him for unifying our country. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also want to thank the leadership of the Senate because of guiding us yesterday. On the same note, under this formula, today, we are glad as the people of Marsabit County. For two months we have been talking, crying and saying that we were losing Kshs2 billion but, today, Marsabit County is gaining over Kshs500 million. Madam Temporary Speaker, 86 per cent of Marsabit voters voted for Jubilee, and today, we can be proud of our party. Madam Temporary Speaker, many months before the stalemate, many counties stopped paying their staff. That is not right. I urge the county executives to plan well for any eventualities. This is because members of staff can only be motivated when they are paid on time. You cannot demand for them to do any good job when you have not paid them. Madam Temporary Speaker, the idea of shutting down the counties, as we condemned yesterday, is not good at all. Many of our people will suffer because of that. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to move fast and say that today, our President together with our leadership have brought unity into our country. We are speaking in the same language because we have fought for that. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to congratulate the 25 Senators or Team Kenya because they have been bold and fought for the rights of their citizens. Today, I am proud to be part of that team. I also want to thank the seven Senators - as you know Seven is a holy number in the Bible - who sacrificed and fought for us. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Today we are one Senate and one Kenya. Thank you, our President and Senators."
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