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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Given your distinguished experience, I knew you would not deny me a chance to speak to this very critical matter. In any case, putting a Question requires the requisite numbers, which we do not have. First and foremost, I have a very big issue with this Motion as crafted. I recall very vividly when you referred the four petitions to the Committee. In the ultimate paragraph of your Communication, you gave the Committee an opportunity to come back to this House and seek for extension, if the time allocated turns out to be insufficient. I want to report to you that I have had an occasion to attend one of the meetings of the very Committee. In that very meeting that I attended, what I saw was not really encouraging. A number of the persons who are being petitioned to go home, through their legal representatives, asked for ample time to prepare their defences. The Committee, through the Chairperson, vehemently opposed the requests. The Chair, vehemently, opposed the requests as if there was some hurry, as if the world was coming to an end. You were very clear in your Communication that the Committee was at liberty to ask for extension for however long it takes. I must also go on record that, because of these and many other reasons…"
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