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    "id": 1442884,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "what to call it. I can only say that they did what they did. Never in the history of the four Presidents we have had in this country, have they ever contemplated on deploying the military the way we did. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you saw that across the whole country members of the public torching homes and properties of elected leaders. Indeed, we are in a bad place and, therefore, as we say in our community, when you are mourning, you do not mourn with shame. We must speak to it as I wish to do now. We are where we are today because Kenyans hate and are angry with the on- goings in the country. If we do not speak to them and take action, we will go nowhere. It was never about the Finance Bill; the Finance Bill was simply a trigger. Why? Public servants led by Cabinet Secretaries are very corrupt. Our people hate this and they are angry. Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday, I was called by a Cabinet Secretary whose name I will not mention on the Floor because it is not necessary. He was very angry with me for the position that I have taken on corruption in the Cabinet, especially over the weekend in Navakholo. He used strong words and told me many bad things. The people we were working with the other day think that because the Constitution has given them a different office as opposed to the offices we have been given, they are, therefore, in high heaven, should be worshipped and nobody should mention their name even when they are wrong. Mr. Speaker, Sir, people are angry and hate public servants because of our own making. The public display of wealth and opulence, unless members of the public can quickly see where you have gotten it, they will not be happy. Over the weekend, I was speaking of a young Member of Parliament from my community who has bought a helicopter. I know him very well. I wish him well to continue accumulating wealth. However, I am asking the President to ask himself; how can the membership of an MP to a Committee of Parliament be the basis for him to afford some of the things that are not affordable?"
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