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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I assure the Members who will be elected into the next Parliament that when they come, their offices will be fully operational and ready for occupation. They will enjoy the comfort of serving in the new tower. Under my watch, we have been able to do the Integrated Security Management System for Parliament. You can imagine the House of Parliament did not have even CCTVs. We initiated that project and it is on course. Very soon, it is going to be launched. I will not finish my speech without thanking you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and your Deputy, for the way that you steered this House in the last five years. You do not have the background of being a Parliamentarian. However, you fitted in very well. You have run the House very well, professionally and we will always be thankful to you and your Deputy. We are thankful to the technical team led by my good friend and brother, Mr. Nyengenye, the Clerk, for their professionalism in running this Institution. We would not have come this far without their support. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know you added me three minutes. For me it would be very difficult to make my final speech in this House in even ten or twenty minutes. I needed a whole hour. However, I will confine myself to the time that you have allocated me. Therefore, I take this opportunity to wish all our colleagues in this House all the best in their next endeavours. This is in particular to those who are going for governorship – Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., Sen. Orengo, Sen. Kihika, I and the rest. We wish them well. I am sure if we get that opportunity, we should be able to improve the relationship between the CoG and the Senate because we understand the Senate very well. I am one of the advocates of strengthening the Senate. As I go to be a Governor, God willing, we will still insist that Senate has to be strengthened and given the necessary instruments, to undertake proper oversight over county governments. Therefore, those who will come after us must ensure they continue with the war that we started so that the Senate is empowered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish all well. With those very many remarks, I now officially declare the 12th Senate closed."
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