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    "id": 1199522,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "However, on the side that should be leading by example, our leaders have allocated themselves membership in all the Sessional committees. Shame on us! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot understand a situation where yesterday, a Senator representing a very special constituency of disability made a passionate plea that she be given membership in the Committee on Information Communication and Technology (ICT). She has been excluded. It is a shame! I have served in this Senate for five years. When I was appointed Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, I had to cede membership of the Committee on Delegated Legislation because I could not get time to serve in three Committees. However, what I am seeing here and with tremendous respect to those in leadership, distinguished Senators, is a situation where somebody is in leadership but still wants to serve in four other Committees. What are we trying to show? Leadership is not about you being greedy but about giving opportunities to those who have the same qualification as you to serve. There are students of law watching their Professor here, Professor of law, Prof. Ojienda, being excluded from membership of Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee. What message are we sending? Nobody is more special in the contribution that we made in garnering votes for our party leader, Raila Amollo Odinga. From Nyamira County to Kisii County, we gave as much as we could, like the Senator for Isiolo County. I can read the figures. From Nyamira County, we delivered 129,000 votes to Raila Odinga. From Isiolo County, Raila Odinga got 26,000 votes. He lost to William Ruto who got 32,000 votes. As we speak here, the only way you want to thank the Omogusii nation is to say that we deserve nothing. Do we not have capacity to learn? Even in Kisii County where William Samoei Ruto got 134,000 votes against Raila Odinga at 263,000, he has rewarded the Abagusii nation with the seat of Whip in the National Assembly. You must have regional balance and fairness. We must speak these things because an injustice anywhere should never be tolerated. Where is justice when the names that have been read today, the next person in leadership is also in five Committees? I thank the Senator for Kitui County, Sen. Wambua. He is a great man."
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