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    "id": 1163042,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": ".Sen. Omogeni",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I was treated in the most undignified manner possible. A lawyer who was traveling with me on that plane sought to know whether I needed some legal assistance. He wanted to know whether I had committed a crime that warranted my being detained at the airport. It was the most undignified treatment that I have ever faced as a Senator. Madam Temporary Speaker, the question I am posing is; do we get permission to represent the Senate on official engagements out of the country-through the permission of the Speaker or we should be getting this authority from another entity out there? That is something that we need to sort out. The Speaker made a promise that he was going to take up this matter with the relevant Government Ministries, but it seems that this matter has not been settled. You can imagine somebody who has been out of the country for ten days; all they want to do, is get home. When I arrived at the airport, I rang my wife and told her that I wanted ugali and chisaga on the table but I was then kept at the airport for more than two hours without any justifiable reason whatsoever. In legal terms, that amounts to false detention. I was falsely detained at the airport for no good reason and you can imagine how heavy my diary is. I was supposed to arrive yesterday, eat my ugali and then get to other things. Today, I was supposed to be in Nyamira County organizing for Baba's rally tomorrow. However, I have been forced to stay here because I wanted to raise this matter before the House. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is not the kind of treatment that should be meted on Senators. We do not just leave this country unless we have followed all the channels. In this case, I was in possession of a letter that was issued to me by the Speaker and the Clerk. I was properly out of the country. I want to know whether the Speaker took up this matter with the relevant Government authorities as he promised. Secondly, we want an assurance as Senators that we will not be subjected to this undignified treatment that I was subjected to yesterday at the airport. I also want to know whether I was singled out for mistreatment because I traveled with my colleague, Sen. Madzayo. I would like to know if he was subjected to the same treatment or I was singled out as Senator for Nyamira County by the lady called Ms. Hellen Makokha. I hope this matter will be referred to the relevant Committee to summon that lady to appear before this House and explain why that treatment was meted on me. I am not"
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