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    "id": 1054311,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1054311/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "I want to use reason, just as you have done, to tell Members that it is between us and the people that we represent. When we ask for the NG-CDF, we do not ask for a favour from Ukur Yatani or anybody else; not even from the President of the Republic of Kenya. The NG-CDF Act is a law that was made by this House. The money does not go into Members’ pockets, it goes to development activities in the constituencies of the people we represent. That is why you see the emotions are quite high. I request that we all bring down our emotions so that we let reason prevail. If it is possible, we should defer voting at this particular time and have time for people to ventilate a little bit on the matter, so that the leadership can soberly engage with Members in whichever forum we will be able to engage each other. This is not about Hon. Kimunya. Hon. Kimunya can go, and he may go. It is not about Hon. Duale who is already gone. It is not about Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah who is already gone. It is not about my friend, Hon. Kanini Kega. It is about the people that we represent. Hon. Speaker, I beg that you use your normal Solomonic wisdom to defer voting today to any other appropriate time once we have engaged each other. That will be the right thing to do for the country. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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