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    "id": 1358397,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was saying that things are so difficult, my kid brother, that for a man who has never been heckled across the Luyha nation all the way from Kitale, Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia, Vihiga and the diaspora, for the first time, I was not only heckled but I was heckled at Malinya Stadium. Malinya Stadium is my home and polling station. That stadium is the product of my hands. It is where the youth sleep on the eve of polling waiting for the polling officers to open so that they can vote for me. I have always gotten 41 opposition votes out of 3800 plus votes I get. I know the owners of those votes. As I am speaking now, I can see the vote of Mr. Benard Siola, who is one of those Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) votes; small small things. I reflected hard and long on this. Shortly after that, I saw Kenya's most popular politician today, His Excellency William Ruto, having a similar experience somewhere in the coast. I thought further and called the President, but could not access him. I wanted to tell him that these people like us so much. It is not that they are heckling; they want us to hear from them directly that things are bad. It doubles our calling that we must work hard and serve Kenyans a solution. I urge colleagues; Members of Parliament (MP), whether you are in the opposition or not--- We have been there and now I am in the Government. Let us work together even if we are going to oppose each other in the forthcoming elections. Members of the Opposition kindly push us hard enough so that we can deliver. We want to make sure that we come out of this confusion that as we all know, was occasioned by two years of total lockdown on the global market including Chwele Market in the backyard of the Senator for Nairobi City County. Lubao Market was locked together with Khayega Market. Mtwapa Market was also locked for two years. There was no business. Things will take a while before we recover. I was talking to an economist. If this is factually wrong, I ask for forgiveness from the Americans. The economist told me – it was not the economist in the House, the Senator for Migori County – the Americans are the only ones who enjoy the monopoly of printing money. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, they printed Dollars and were putting The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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