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    "id": 1427590,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Floor of this House. We do not want to pretend. Number two, if that Senator moves on and becomes a chairperson of a committee, he cannot put his neck on the guillotine. We are doing hygiene by making the integrity of a person who becomes a Speaker or a Senator higher than that of one of the wives of Caesar, as they say in literature. Therefore, I request this House and, more importantly, the whole country that we must make this amendment. We would like integrity to be the standard in this country. I have a personal disclaimer to make. I have served this country faithfully for many years as a Doctor of Medicine, working in Nairobi, Kisii, Kakamega, and Mswabweni, where Chimera was born around the time I was practicing medicine. I have served in Mombasa County. I have also served as a Member of Parliament and a Senator twice. God willing, I will have an opportunity to serve at another level. If the country can have that kind of confidence in you, then you owe them service and integrity. I want to make it very clear that God willing, if I was to become the governor of any county in this country, and the great County of Kakamega in particular, that would begin my journey of exiting from politics. There is no political hygiene when somebody is climbing to the highest seat in a county, and then starting to scramble back to compete with people who are now building their careers. It is tantamount to taking your child to a nursery school, kindergarten, primary school, or high school, and when the person is ready to go to the university, you tell them, “wait a minute, we want you to go back to Class Eight, so that you resit the exam.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the worst that could have happened is if the Mover of the Motion had said that they be barred completely. He is only saying they cool for five years, to allow any mess that might have taken place in the office to be sorted out. With those many remarks, I strongly second this Bill."
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