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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The name Mbogo, where I come from, is a warrior’s name. So, my family are warriors’ not necessary violent ones but warriors for justice. I thank my colleagues in the Senate and your Office for the session that we have had. We have had a healthy session and robust engagement. I hear the so called Team Kenya celebrating the formula that we have had. I would like to tell them that the formula is a product of a vibrant engagement similar to that between a man and woman that yield to a birth of a child. So, nobody should celebrate as being the single parent of the good product of the Senate. It was the engagement of Team Katiba and Team Kenya that brought money flowing like rain in torrents to counties. I hope that the expectant counties will get that money. It is important that they get it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are celebrating the prospects of enactment of legislation including the Constitution that are associated with BBI. It is something to celebrate. BBI is premised upon sharing of resources and building a peaceful nation. If you recollect our engagement with the President in Naivasha, he said something that I keep on remembering. He said that he had a visit to France where he had gone to witness the signing of an agreement between a private company that was planning to put up a road in Kenya. However, they wanted one guarantee of whether we will have Kenya beyond 2020. They wanted a guarantee of peace, existence and unity. The discussions that we are having in BBI and the fact that the hardliners are coming together and putting priority of the nation over personal interest or ambition is a 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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