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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Elisha Ongoya",
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    "content": "So, what wrong has Dorcas Rigathi Foundation done? What act are you complaining of that company? What omission are you complaining of in respect of that company? Heartland Supplies Limited; you just find a name of a company there. No wrongdoing is alluded to it; no allegation is made against it. They are just companies thrown there. Distinguished Senators, the Romans called their Assembly, which was the equivalent of this Senate, the Patres; it was an advisory council. That name was derived from an old Latin word meaning father. The Senate derives its name from the Latin word Senex, meaning council or old man. All these words are supposed to address the sagacious state of wisdom of the Senate. If this Senate lives true to its historical origin as the Patres; if this Senate lives true to its Latin origins as the Senex, the old man, the wise man, it will see through these lies, ridiculousness and embarrassing statements. If time were to permit, I will take you through other allegations that meet the same test of falsehood, ridiculousness and embarrassment. Fortunately for us, the rules of procedure permit us to cross-examine the Mover of this Motion and the respective witnesses as a way of bringing forth these lies much more clearly. We shall do that when the time presents itself. At the end of it all, we shall beseech you to do two things, to be true to your oath of office as Senators, to be true to your oath of office as Senators, to pore over this evidence, to listen keenly to this evidence and make a decision premised on the evidence as tested here in cross-examination. If you do that, we have no doubt in our mind you will reach the same conclusion that what has been presented before you as a most consequential Motion perhaps in our lifetime is false, ridiculous and embarrassing. I rest the governor's opening statement."
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