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    "id": 1391054,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Karen Magara",
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    "content": "Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker, I had an opportunity to engage and do my own investigations. That was after Hon. Siocha requested me to second the Motion. Since I represent special interest groups, I voluntarily decided to, first of all, familiarise myself with the issues. I wanted to know whether what they were saying was correct. So, I went ahead and requested for the number of Dennis from Hon. Siocha. I then requested him to be in the company of the wife because I did not want to talk to Dennis alone. They made arrangements and we met in town. They took me through the process of how they struggled to raise the money. What pained me is that the lady was expectant after struggling for 12 years. I am a woman and I know what women go through sometimes, particularly when you cannot conceive. The lady called Nyaboke sat and narrated how they even had to separate shortly with the husband because she could not contain whatever she was going through. This gave me a motivation and I thought that being a woman representing the youth and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), I had to rise to the occasion. I decided to take it upon myself to second this Motion. Whatever Dennis and the wife went through, I am standing here as a woman painfully explaining. A Member of County Assembly (MCA) earns Kshs86,000. I ask myself as an MCA who is struggling to take her children to school, how long will I save to give a bribe of Kshs800,000, if somebody asked me to give them that money? That touched me. When I was contributing to this Motion in the House, I said that I do not want to talk about the law, but speak to the morals. Where is our society now? I earn Kshs86,000 but somebody tells me to give them Kshs800,000. Where will I get it? That pained me. I voluntarily promised to walk with them this journey, that justice must be served to Nyaboke and Dennis. That is my conviction and that is why I stand in this Senate patiently wanting to convince---"
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