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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "We were not elected to come here and waste taxpayers’ money discussing little things as to who sits in which Committee and representing which side of the House; we were elected to come here to do oversight, discuss the budget and represent our people. I appeal to the chief administrator of justice in this country, hon. Lady Justice Martha Koome to make sure that such kinds of issues are discharged expeditiously. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are not to blame. There are court orders against you. What kind of a Speaker would you be if you were to defy courts? You cannot be known for that. Sen. Omogeni knows that tribunals have the same powers as those of courts. If the Deputy Speaker defies the Tribunal, then he has no respect for the Lower, High, Appeal and the Supreme Courts. Let us be angry, but allow the Deputy Speaker to do what he is doing. He has been served. He should observe the rule of the law. I need the Senate Minority Leader to give me attention. Sen. Omogeni, if you have to quote the precedents of this House, do us a favour. You have quoted precedents of Sen. Murkomen, Sen. Susan Kihika and Sen. (Dr.) Irungu Kang’ata. If you must quote, do not quote precedents that were occasioned by the infamous “handshake” Government. The precedent you can quote, Senate Minority Leader, is the one that took place in the “lower” House, where the same courts, the way they have done, stopped the vetting of Principal Secretaries. The President and the hon. Speaker stopped, a ruling was made and the matter was unlocked. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we invite you to use the precedent by Sen. Wetangula, the current Hon. Speaker of the National Assembly. Please, allow this matter to go the due process and then come back to us to give a ruling. We are with you and you are for us; we are for you; for the country. Let there be no games played here. Let these things end quickly through the due process being respected instead of coming here, taking us round, walking out of the House; going to Kakamega over the weekend and singing to women. Let us finish it here."
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