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    "id": 1210768,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abdul Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your protection. I clearly stated earlier that I am talking to my colleagues. I think this is a rush decision because you are basing your decision on the way it is portrayed out there and what you are getting from the media. As colleagues in the same coalition and as leaders, if you got wind that there is a problem on the side of Jubilee Party, the best thing is to reach out to the Jubilee Party and find out why Members of the party are disgruntled about being in the Azimio la Umoja– One Kenya Coalition Party. However, what you have simply done is to jump into conclusion that the Jubilee Party wants to get out of the Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party and this is the right time to punish individual Members. Mr. Speaker, Sir, just a few months ago, we had a similar issue in this House. It is the same Secretary General of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Sen. Sifuna, who kept reminding me that as Senators, we are leaders and therefore we should not take direction from the principals. Now, it seems the same Members are taking directions from people outside this House to make decisions and to chat the way for the Members of the coalition. It seems like certain Members are itching for certain positions of leadership in this House. The right thing would have been to wait and see if the threat made by a certain Member of the Jubilee Party to exit the coalition was true then make your move on individuals holding positions that you want to take."
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