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    "id": 1304444,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise at the onset to oppose. I am quite perturbed by the mathematics that has been done in this House. I thought that a bigger number would give us a wider base of knowledge. Eleven Members cannot and will never possess the knowledge that the 67 Members of this House have. As has been mentioned by my colleagues, I do not want to repeat that this is the second time that the governor will be coming here. Therefore, it is very important that the whole nation, specifically women in this country, get to follow on the issues, so that the Senate is not blamed for being gender biased. This is the only opportunity we have to open this up for all the 67, as we will be including our colleagues; the women, so that the Senate can be seen to have done justice to the people of Kenya, the people of Meru and most importantly, our daughters who are aspiring to become leaders in the future. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I hear the names of the 11 Members, I must admit that we do not have two sets of brains that you leave one when going to the Committee and take the other when going to the Plenary. We use the same brains whether we are 11 here in the House or not. This is an emotive issue. We must consider the weight it carries by going the Plenary way, so that the whole Republic of Kenya will know that, indeed, this superior House has the composition to deliver justice, to not only Kenyans, but also the future generations. I want us to be future-centric. We need to give confidence to all our daughters who aspire to become leaders that, indeed, the House of Senate can deliver justice by opening this, so that is discussed in clear daylight for everybody to see. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I oppose."
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