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    "id": 1059288,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Like my colleagues, I would like to congratulate Sen. Kavindu Muthama. On my side, people are calling you Sen. Muthama. We will call you Sen. Muthama because that is your name. Secondly, as we congratulate my party leader for this decision. Allow me to say that it was not easy to make that decision. However, he stood firm for you to be nominated in the presence of men. Sen. Wambua and I were there during those discussions and we know the difficulty that was there in doing so. Most of you do not know that Sen. Kavindu Muthama was actually a member of Jubilee Party and agreed to join Wiper to become our candidate. It is an honourable thing for the Jubilee Party leadership to agree - and the Vice-Chairman is here - that we could have Sen. Kavindu Muthama to be with us. It is an act of magnanimity on your part and the people of Machakos. For the record, we must say that the men in Machakos who were competing with Sen. Kavindu Muthama changed the rules. They created misbehavior, insults and used everything possible including family to besmirch the character of Sen. Kavindu Muthama, because she is a woman. It is very sad, but just like Jesus said when he was being crucified, this lady impressed me when she said, “Forgive these people”. Every time we repeated, she said: “Forgive these people.” We are very proud of you, Sen. Kavindu Muthama, for the victory; and the party for seeing it fit to nominate her. Members of the Senate, you are not aware that the manifesto of Wiper is 50-50. We are implementing the 50-50 gender parity rule. When Kalonzo is President, it will be 50-50. He has said so and I can repeat so on record. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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