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    "id": 1462566,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am addressing this House on the 7th August, 2024, and when we talk about pending bills. Let us not forget the longest and biggest pending bills is to the people who lost their lives and were injured during the bomb attack. I know that there is a Committee of this House that had taken upon itself to resolve that issue once and for all. We will continue to remind them that that matter is still pending. Secondly, the reason I was drawn to Sen. Wafula's Statement is because I heard the Governor of Bungoma, who is a former Senate Speaker, denigrating this House and saying that we go out there pretending that we are the ones who push money to counties and yet, we are not the only ones. He went as far as telling us that if indeed we are the ones who cause counties to receive money, let us bang the table, so that that money goes back to prove our power. I was deeply embarrassed for somebody of the stature of Gov. Ken Lusaka to utter such words. Thirdly, as my sister, Sen. Nyamu has alluded, there was a fire incident. I must say that at first, I was almost not recognizing her because of her new golden crown. I do not remember ever seeing her looking like this, but iko sawa. One of the problems we saw at Toi Market is because we have a lot of stalled projects in that area. As late as five months ago, I was at the Woodley Stadium. At that particular time, the contractor had left the site and we were being told that the contractor was going to resume work very soon. Five months down the line, nothing is happening at Joseph Kang’ethe grounds. It is part of the reason for the anger that you saw when the Governor went to visit Toi Market after the fire. You saw the anger that was exhibited and the manner in which he was treated. It is not something that we want to encourage, but there is a great frustration that projects on the ground are not moving. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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