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    "id": 1228571,
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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": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, you are sitting in the big seat of Parliament as the Chair. Unknown to many young Kenyans, the late Hon. Jean Marie Seroney, paid the price of losing everything that he had worked for because of sitting in that Chair. In the history of this House and the Republic of Kenya, the late Hon. Jean Marie Seroney was detained because of making a ruling from the Chair. The late Hon. Martin Shikuku stood in his place and declared that the Kenya African National Union (KANU), the then ruling party, was dead. Another Member then rose and asked the Speaker to ask Hon. Martin Shikuku to substantiate the allegation that KANU was dead. Hon. Jean Marie Seroney told the Member that he was out of order because one cannot substantiate the obvious. For that reason, he was detained for 1,152 days. It is documented by Amnesty International. It is only the Amnesty International that rose to that greatness and said that they will decorate the late Hon. Jean Marie Seroney as a prisoner of conscience. I appeal to the counties of the region from which the late Hon. Jean Marie Seroney was born and served, to come together and make a collective decision. The biggest city now and in future is Eldoret. If we rename the Eldoret International Airport to the Jean Marie International Airport, we will have respected that fellow. When Nelson Mandela was the President, he was told that they were going to rename Jan Smart International Airport in Johannesburg to his name. However, he"
}