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    "id": 1231938,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1231938/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "The coalition government was a creature of politicians after the elections. We know that after the election in 2017, Hon. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta was declared the winner in a repeat election. However, the Leader of Opposition then in his wisdom decided to bury the hatchet with the then President by extending a hand that came to be known as the “handshake”. It is public knowledge that, thereafter, the opposition then and the Chair were also on the other side; then sitting in the opposition. We know that instead of the opposition opposing Government policies - it is public knowledge and Sen. Oketch Gicheru you know this well - that at some point after the “handshake” instead of the Jubilee Government explaining Government policies, the opposition was expounding and explaining Government policies. We live in this country, and we know exactly what it means when you say the “handshake”. It was done in broad daylight. The only people who never saw that but heard it are maybe the Kenyans who are visually handicapped; but they heard about it. Nonetheless, all of us who could see, saw it. Therefore, let us not run away from what confronted us and from what we all witnessed. So, to stand here inviting the Chair to rule that indeed that the word “handshake” is unparliamentary and therefore the Senator for Nandi should withdraw and apologise cannot be---"
}