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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "On the issue raised by Hon. Lilian Gogo, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a Member mentioning Hon. Zamzam by name. My name is mentioned in this House every now and then. Every Member of Parliament from the Minority Party who wants to make their name must mention the name Kimani Ichung’wah in their speech. I allow them. I do not get emotional about it. I bear a lot of insults from the Minority Party and I take it in my stride. I implore the leadership in the Minority Party to also have the patience and the emotional intelligence to deal with both the membership they lead and the membership on the side that I lead. Let us exercise patience and emotional intelligence to decipher what is meant for this Floor, what is meant for rallies out there, and what is meant for the streets. We should conduct ourselves with utmost dignity. Throwing barbs at the Speaker is something that we should never entertain. When we create the office of the Leader of Official Opposition, we want it to be a respectable office. We should hold whoever will be in that office with esteem and respect, whether it will be our good friend Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka or our good friend Hon. Raila Odinga or Hon. John Mbadi or Hon. Kaluma or Hon. Caroli Omondi, a seasoned businessman and a respectable leader from Suba. Respect is two-way. If you demand respect, you must respect others. If you demand to be treated well, you must treat others well. We will have time during recess for the ad hoc committee. Hon. Chepkonga informed me that they are scheduled to sit today. I sought the Speaker’s indulgence to re-order business so that we close this debate and allow the ad hoc committee and other interest groups interested in this matter to engage on all the items from the NG-CDF, the NGAAF, and the Senate Oversight Fund to the establishment of the Office of Leader of Opposition and the two thirds gender rule that I know you are keen on. You had a Bill, but when I requested you to indulge us, you were gracious enough to allow us time to debate this Motion. I want to assure you that we will push the adhoc committee to actualise the two-thirds gender rule."
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