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    "id": 1069724,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I do not know whether Sen. Wamatangi mentioned this but as Whips, we owe to our colleagues who are in Nairobi, those who are out of the county and out of Nairobi a hand for listening to us. Nobody pushed you and all of you participated. We have a record of 65 Senators who participated in the vote. Senate Majority Leader, you should thank the Senators because we have not only surpassed the record set by the National Assembly, but we also had a better debate than them, irrespective of the disagreements on the Floor. Two, I am now convinced that we should have passed some other things through the parliamentary initiative. We have done more than two-thirds both at the National Assembly and the Senate. I hope that at some point, this Senate and the National Assembly can find a way to use the parliamentary initiative to pass the minimum amendments without necessarily going to a popular imitative or a referendum. To the principals, this was a good idea to build a good Kenya. I am proud to participate in this process. I watched the Constitution, 2010 on television. A lot of myths about the hold on Parliament has been demystified this week. We can make a decision and we think well for this country. Senate Majority Leader, if you can get 65 Senators voting on this process, as political as it is, bring us here to discuss the attendant laws that will come as a result of this constitutional amendment. They are important. We want to make sure that our elections are peaceful. I have repeated that we must look at our elections and the laws that will govern them. People are suffering. Can we discuss economic issues and matters concerning Wanjiku, Mutheu and Atieno on this Floor? Before we go home and through our respective elections, we can do better. Let us have a conversation around things that Kenyans think are not political but people driven. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your patience and guidance."
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