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    "id": 1024537,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "For the record of the public, when we joined the University of Nairobi, Sen. Kang’ata was the SONU Vice-Chairperson, and he led a very serious demonstration whereby we came up to Parliament to see people like Sen Orengo; these were the guys we were looking up to. As a result of that, Sen. Kang’ata was then expelled. I am sure Sen. Kang’ata is very sympathetic to the situation in Makueni, because Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. came through for him at that time. Suffice to note that we went to campaign with him as a councillor in Murang’a, so I have a lot of respect for him. Mr. Speaker Sir, I was saying that there is no part of our country that we can really donate to anybody. I had trouble as the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations when I visited Tana River, Garissa, Wajir, Marsabit, and Turkana. Sen. Wako will bear me witness that we were given a chance to address the county assemblies to understand the marginalization of those regions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish this conversation about those counties would be done when we are visiting those areas. There are parts of this nation where people are still walking without clothes. There are parts of this nation, for example, in Wajir, where people have to go for one week before they get water. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for us to appreciate this kind of conversation, I am requesting my colleagues to give dialogue one more chance. Let us adjourn this Motion, for us to have a conversation on how to find a way forward that can unite all of us."
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