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    "id": 1462569,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to congratulate the young Senator of Bungoma for raising the issue of pending bills. As Sen. Sifuna has said, it is so unfortunate that our former Speaker could hold this House in contempt. I want to appeal to the Governor of Bungoma County, Hon. Lusaka, not to provoke me. He owes us because he has spent Kshs25 million planting grass on a stretch of 600 meters, and he is saying it cost him Kshs25 million. If you want to question the integrity of an institution like the Senate, you should start with demonstrating integrity in your own office. As Sen. Sifuna would say, he who seeks for justice should come with clean hands. Finally, I want to comment on the issue of the Toi Market. It is concerning that we are picking information that Kshs100 million in the last budget had been allocated for the improvement of that market. We want to see how much of that money had been expended, so as to discount the possibility that this could have been a deliberate action of destroying evidence should this House have wanted to find out how that Kshs100 million had been expended. We want to call upon the Planning Department in the City of Nairobi to help the Governor to plan properly, put strategic positions for fire stations, so that they can access incidents faster and to create proper routes; proper roads for ambulances and fire trucks into our low-income residential areas because we cannot wish them away. We will always have these low-income residential areas and marketplaces. They should be accessed properly by ambulances and firefighters. Thank you. 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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