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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is frivolous. All the same, I would like to advise the young Senator that when you come of age, you will discover that people of an adult age tend to sit in certain places in the evening to compare the greatness of their minds. It is because of this principle of supply and demand that we are finding it difficult and finding the Dollar expensive. I am hoping he was right. Soon the depreciation of our Shilling will slow down. I follow it every day. It used to be appreciated from the time we took over the Government, sometimes by Kshs20 or Kshs5. However, now it has gone down. In the last three weeks, it has been depreciating by cents. Today, it was at 0.6. Before we went for the long weekend, it was at 0.5 and earlier on it, was 0.3 depreciation. We are doing well and would like to encourage Kenyans to allow the things the President spoke to, that we will put in place to ensure our country recovers. Colleagues and able friends from the Opposition, we gave you a chance to tell Kenyans how you would fix it. You told us that we were not doing it well. When we were giving cheaper fertilizer, down from Kshs7,000 to Kshs2,500, you told us that this could not be the magic bullet. You called big rallies – I thank you for standing down your rallies. Your idea of lowering the food prices was putting cooking pots and sufuria on your heads. This kind of science as a scientific mind, I can only relate to mental illness. How on earth? It is not possible. If this is how we are going to teach our children at home, we might as well outlaw education in this country. The President, therefore, deserves our kudos for his commitment to our citizens. This was not only limited to that. He also spoke about his commitment to the citizens' freedoms, fundamental rights and democracy. Nothing is more important. Those of us who exercise fierce independence of mind do it because this has been our life and we have decided it is our life. Young Senator from Migori County, at the age of 22 at the University of Nairobi before I was discontinued, we poured into the streets of Nairobi because Mr. Khaminwa had been detained. We poured into the streets at the time because Hon. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga had been put under house arrest somewhere in Bondo or his Kisumu house. The youth leader is here, the Senator of Siaya County will confirm. We poured into the streets 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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