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    "id": 1215476,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1215476/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, just like Sen. Wambua has observed, we cannot keep on debating the same thing, time and again. Each one of you standing starts with one sentence that “we have got better things to do in this House”, clearly meaning that this matter is of less consequence to this House. So then, why do we spend a lot of time debating this matter? Why do Senators go to the extent of behaving disorderly because of this matter? Consistency is a major theme in human beings. In fact, it is a principle. I have watched this debate with amazement. Now, walk with me so that you understand where we are on this matter. This is because I can read a lot of insincerity in some of the points of order. I have been informed by the secretariat, I have combed through the HANSARD for the period I was away and I know the position; I know what transpired in this House. For avoidance of doubt, allow me to just jog your memory on how this matter started and where we are today, so that all of us are on the same page. Through a letter from the Minority side, a communication was made to me as the Speaker, communicating changes of the leadership of the Minority side. While a communication was being prepared in that regard for purposes of communicating on the Floor of the House, two letters were served upon the office of the Speaker; one from Sen. Dullo and the second from Sen. Abdul Haji, stating to the contrary and yet, they are Members of Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya Alliance. The Senate Minority Leader will bear me witness having served as a Judge of the Labour Court that when two parties come before you, however weak the case of one party may be, you give them a chance to speak to you as a Judge and then retire to look at the weight of what has been submitted to you as a Judge. That is the rule of natural justice. That is exactly what I did. Instead of communicating the letter from the Minority side, having been served with a letter to the contrary, as your Speaker, driven by fairness, I had to look at both letters. Looking at those letters, I just needed two days. Unfortunately, the Thursday that I was supposed to make that communication, I was unwell. On that Thursday, the"
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