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    "id": 1024638,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. I was beginning to worry about the Senate. This Senate has the privilege of having Members who include Sen. Wetangula, Sen. Orengo and Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri who sat in the National Accord Committee. This is a House of wisdom. My personal plea to the Senators is that there are people who have been making very frivolous statements against one another. I am pleading with Sen. Cherargei to turn to the Lord and not to cast aspersions on anybody. I plead with him to ask for prayers. He is my junior in the legal profession, but he is my Chairperson. I urge him not to cast aspersions or call people bushes. We had a meeting yesterday that the Speaker attended where we agreed on a framework for counties getting the balance of their payments which is Kshs29 billion. I must say it on the Floor of the Senate that we appeared disjointed as a Senate on counties getting funds. As we continue to discuss this matter yet the Supreme Court pronounced itself on advisory opinion No. 3 of 2019 that the counties can get resources. I urge you to get the leadership to agree even if we all have to sign for us to concur with the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court. The counties should get up to 50 per cent of their resources as stated in the advisory opinion which is the judgement of the Supreme Court. I urge Sen. Poghisio, as the Senate Majority Leader, together with Sen. Orengo to lead. We have faith in them. I request my former Chairman in the Wiper Party to lead the troops. The division that we have seen in this House is in violation of Article 96(3) of the Constitution of Kenya. We must fight the outsiders. We warn those who are warning Senators that we will go for them if they come for our Senators."
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