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    "id": 1216078,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise on Standing Order No. 65(e). This is on Motions that can be moved without Notice. It invites us to move a Motion for a suspension of a Senator. I am not drawing your attention so that I move a Motion to suspend any of our colleagues. However, I am drawing your attention to the fact that we have come to the time we should move this kind of a Motion. We were not elected as Senators to come to Nairobi and catwalk. We were elected to come to this House and discharge business. The two Motions that the Chairman of this Committee has requested we defer the Division are critical Motions that are speaking to giving the National Treasury an opportunity to give our counties money. How can the entire opposition, end-to-end, including the Senate Minority Leader, his Deputy, Minority Whip, his Deputy and all of their Members be out of the House apart from Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda SC, Sen. Crystal Asige and Sen. Okiya Omtatah? Madam Temporary Speaker, how can they be the only ones who remember that we were elected to come here so as to represent counties and protect their interests? There is no greater expression of protecting that interest than giving them money to remain functional. We should consider moving a Motion of suspension against the entire Minority side, so that the voters of Kilifi, Vihiga and Nairobi know that they elected people who tricked them during rallies that they will fight for them when they are actually cat- walking here in Nairobi. They should come to the House and transact business. If they do not, let us suspend them so that they do not draw any allowance or earnings for the time that they have not been in this House. As the Majority Whip, I am able to whip enough numbers to pass business. However, we should suspend these Members in order to make a statement."
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