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    "id": 1063221,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I want to start from the onset to thank my colleagues, especially the Committee Members. When we were asked by the leadership of the Senate whether we could make it for today’s session to table our Report, I persuaded my Members to come out in numbers so that we could deliberate. Within a short period, we were able to call stakeholders and come up with the Report that is with us today. I also want to thank the Secretariat, specifically the legal team and the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO). They did come up very strongly and that is why we have some amendments from the Bill that came from the National Assembly. Madam Deputy Speaker, this is a milestone because we were able to convince the National Treasury, Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), Council of Governors (CoG) and the Attorney-General that we must uphold the ruling of the court because it had been omitted in the Bill when it came from the National Assembly. Having said that, I listened in the morning when we were congratulating the new Senator. Congratulations Sen. Haji Jnr. Where the “Team Kenya” teamed up very strongly, they could not miss a word every other time when they stood. That was Sen. Murkomen, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and others about how they did fought for some of the issues that we are enjoying today. Madam Deputy Speaker, when I joined the university sometime back and I made samples of several classes, one Prof. Nyasani, may he rest in peace, I heard him say; how do you know what you know is what you know? I moved out of that class and went to another one where I was taught politics 101. I was told politics is who gets what, when and how. The end justifies the means as far scarce resources are concerned. Let us share the glory. This is because for those who were on the other better team, the one I call “the better Team Kenya”, if it was not for us standing firm, probably we would not have gotten to Kshs370 billion that we have today. Madam Deputy Speaker, indeed, why we are in a Senate, we are supposed to debate is so that we can argue cases, agree to agree and, at times agree to disagree. It is out of that where we come up with better legislation and decisions. I want to pat everybody who participated both during those days when we were coming up with the formula and, indeed, those who will now be talking and praising the Kshs370 billion. Madam Deputy Speaker, this is our country and we must always uphold our virtues, especially our ethos. I have heard the Senate Minority Leader come up very strongly on the bandit economy. He should also agree that there should be honour among thieves. If we are all thieves because he says we are bandits, then he should uphold some honour that we do not steal even from the sick. We do not steal from the downtrodden"
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