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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to end by saying that I served my term as a senator of Narok County. I fought my battles, some of them very painful. I ended up being arrested because of fighting for the rights of my people. I want to state here categorically that I shall continue pointing out where people go wrong. In my last Statement which I submitted yesterday, and I hope that the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining can look into those things that ail this country, we have people who do not believe in our sovereignty. We have people who do not have 100 per cent allegiance to this country. This is something which is very disturbing because in this Government, we have two principal secretaries who live in apartments. They have no homes and on weekends they travel abroad. So, you really would not expect them to give it all to protect this country. We have big challenges. The challenge that we have is the challenge of petroleum and that will continue going on. I hear that the Government is now proposing to remove all the subsidies and that will make it very difficult for Kenyans to continue living. Today the price of a litre of petroleum is Kshs160. When you do away with the subsidies, you will not be opening the market for more players, but you will be making it very difficult for Kenyans to live. We will be paying about Kshs200 or Kshs300 per litre for fuel. This is something which I would like to beseech all of us here to continue fighting for. Whether we are in this Senate or not, we need to continue fighting for a better life for our people because we shall be judged by the good things that we did to defend the freedoms and liberties of our constituents. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I wind up, I would like to thank all my colleagues, particularly the most annoying ones like my good friend Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. I love the fact as much he was annoying, we were able to get along and we worked very well. He said some very good things and some nasty things about everyone, but at least for him we could get along. The other most disturbing and annoying was Sen. Cherargei. I will always remember him because sometimes he becomes cantankerous and talks about things and sometimes even tries to overthrow some of your rulings. I stand here today, I will always remember you and I hope that God will be kind enough to allow us to come back to serve Kenyans in this House so that we can ensure that Senate is respected. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we fought so hard and we thank you for standing firm. I know it was tough. Most of the times, I could sit there, not so far from you, and I could see you sweating because of getting phone calls from every corner and us coming there and telling you this is the right way to do it. We thank you and we shall miss you. I hope that Kenyans and the people of Narok County will give me a second chance to serve them as their Senator. God bless you and God bless Kenya. I thank you."
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