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    "id": 1160394,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am a very serious supporter and fan of Sen. Orengo. I really enjoy his speeches and he has been a friend with a great mind. I feel sad that he decided to retreat to the villages of Siaya County, which I believe is out of sacrifice to go and serve the people there. I would have loved to serve my third term here in the Senate with him, but I wish him the very best. Sen. Orengo knows that I have never considered running for Governor. If I ran for Governor, we would be together in the Council of Governors. However, I still want to make my contribution here in this House. Sen. Orengo and Sen. Kibiru are both going to the counties. You must give me benefit of doubt and listen to me more than them. They only have three months before they can exit this Chamber. Sen. Wambua, Sen. Wetangula, Sen. Cheruiyot, Sen. Dullo and I among others, have greater interest to protect this House, compared to them. Senator for Machakos County is here. She can attest that we are the ones who have greater desire to have a stronger Chamber. It will be very sad if the people who have participated in weakening this House in the last four years of the handshake government would take top leadership at the government. That is why I do not wish his candidate to become President because they will continue the tradition of weakening this House. I thank my friend Sen. Kibiru, for the good report but please listen from experience. Forget about Hon. Kanini Kega, from the highest office, we have been told that our oversight fund will be in the account this week. You better listen to me and give this people those funds. This is the only time to strike a deal. It will only take us 24 hours to make that decision. Meet tomorrow at 10 am, agree on the version of the Bill and bring it to the Chamber in the afternoon. We have sat here to pass Bills that were not so urgent. Tomorrow, we will sit here up to midnight to pass for you the Bill proposing the Kshs370 billion. In any case, the state had promised us Kshs600 billion, but we will pass the Kshs370 billion if that is what is there."
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