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    "id": 1370008,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is indeed true what you have indicated that the matter was settled on the Floor. Besides that, I have spoken to Hon. Masara on that particular issue. There are many things that the substantive Speaker has called the candour and banter of debates. Many Kenyans take things that we say on the Floor — at times in jest and at times for introducing some humour on the Floor of Parliament — out of context. I must use this opportunity because I have, indeed, profusely apologised to Hon. Masara. If there are any of his political opponents in Suna West who took advantage of what was said here to try and portray the image that is not of Hon. Masara, they should know that he is a very extremely dignified Member of Parliament. Extremely dignified! Hon. Masara is not the kind of Member of Parliament you will hear yelling. I know Hon. Masara sits somewhere across and it is only that today he has moved closer to the Front Bench so that he can be seen. He wanted to move closer to power and I see Hon. Ruth Odinga has also moved closer to power. On a serious note, ignoring what is being said, that Hon. Ruth Odinga is “the power”, I do not know the power she holds. I was saying Hon. Masara, unlike a few other Members who treat this House with a lot of indignity, shouting from their places and using epithets on the Floor of the House against other Members, is a very dignified Member. For the record, I want to repeat although I had said it before, for those who cut and record clips from Parliament to take around social groups, be it in Suna West or anywhere else, they can now cut this bit where I say that Hon. Masara, Member for Suna West, is of sound mind and nothing he does insinuates that he is of unsound mind. In fact, when Hon. Masara paid me a courtesy call in my office, he showed me what people were saying in WhatsApp groups in Migori County. Therefore, to the people of Migori and the people of Suna West, Hon. Masara is a dignified Member of Parliament who takes his work very seriously. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you know, he took advantage of the chance you gave him to even demand that you must apologise and withdraw what you had said. I can also set the record straight that indeed, this morning when the Quorum Bell was ringing, I took liberty to walk to the tea place, and I found Hon. Masara had just been served his cup of tea together with Hon. Lillian Gogo. I do not whip for the Minority Party, but respectfully, I asked Hon. Masara to abandon his cup of tea and come to the Chamber to give us quorum. Hon. Masara and Hon. Lilian Gogo rose in their places, left their tea at the Members canteen and joined us to make sure that we had quorum to transact business. That is the kind of responsible leader that the Hon. Masara is. I take this opportunity for the second time to apologise to Hon. Masara, the great people of Suna West and Migori County, and assure them that they voted in a Member of Parliament. No wonder they voted him for a second time. Hon. Masara served his constituency as a Member of County Assembly (MCA) before he joined Parliament and they elected him as Mayor of Migori after Hon. Junet Mohamed, I think. They re-elected him in the last elections because of the work he has done and I know he is a very diligent Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I have engaged him on matters touching the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Therefore, Hon. Masara, serve your people with the dignity that you continue to serve them with and the people of Kenya. Thank you."
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