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    "id": 1030512,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen.(Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker for giving me time to comment on this Statement. I thank Sen. Shiyonga for bringing this issue on the Floor of the House. Article 28 of our Constitution is very clear about human dignity. We need to respect and protect human dignity. It is unfortunate that the CS uttered such words to Mr. Mbaka. It is painful that he did not empathize. He never put himself in the shoes of Mr. Mbaka. For someone to say in Kiswahili “ Wewe ni mjinga ” to someone who has children and has gone through the system was very demeaning. The CS should get into a moment of introspection. Before he talks to people, he must be very clear on the need to respect people’s dignity. Aside from this Statement that Sen. Shiyonga has brought, it has also gone viral that he even ordered a teacher to pick rubbish. Madam Deputy Speaker, the CS needs to apologize to the teachers’ fraternity in this Republic. We should not set a precedence where a CS can decide to just arrogate powers to himself and decide to do what he wants to do to teachers. This is a wrong precedence. The CS should appear before us. In fact, he needs to apologize publicly to those people. Teachers are professionals, but he has demeaned the teaching profession. He has demeaned the profession of Mr. Mbaka. This is something unacceptable. He should appear before the Senate as a whole, explain himself and even apologise to Kenyans. Being in that position does not mean he is better than all Kenyans. It is God’s favor. When God favors you, it does not mean that you step on others as---"
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