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    "id": 1027032,
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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": "Since the last adjournment or even the previous one, we have not met. I sit here as a leader and I know the sort of caucusing that has been happening over the weekend. Some of us had to switch off our phones because we know the caucusing they were doing. They would call one Senator here and another there in a room in another place and a room in another place. Sen. Sakaja and I were requested to look for a middle ground. That proposal by Sen. Sakaja was as a result of a request by the Majority and Minority leaders. I would have expected the very least that all those Senators who have amendments would have come and debated them. At that point, we can say that we go and caucus before voting. We know that even the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget was not ready to move. I am aware and I can say it openly. I can tell you that postponing this is just making sure that we are lobbied, and phone calls are made throughout the night. We are not sleeping. We are being called and statements being issued. The Book of Psalms 23:5 says– “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.” I want to see Senators voting against Makueni. I want to see Senators voting and saying that the Chairperson of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) should lose money. It is simple. Today is the day. I want to see the people who are prepared to ‘hang’ Makueni. Do it now. Do not postpone our misery. Hang us now. We are ready so that from The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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