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    "id": 1516517,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "You cannot demean another community. You should allow a community to be fully represented. You cannot go out there and shame a community. Shame on you Governor- -- What is his name? Anaitwa nani ? Seriously, when will we, as leaders, have a sense of occasion. They were at a burial ceremony. People are crying. There are bereaved yet you go there to start your politics. Why do you utilize the money from the county government to call for a rally and insult other people? It is about time we learnt the sense of occasion. Shame on you Governor Kahiga. The Maasai Community which I represent here and I will not stand to be shamed by you. If we were in those eras, we would deal with you. However, for now we just want to call you out for your utterances, which do not have a position in this republic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, as leaders must respect other communities. It is completely unethical, uncouth and uncivilized for Governor of Nyeri County to use a funeral to look down on another community. This is not back then when there was ‘first class’ and ‘second class’ citizens. We are all equal and we will point that out. Finally, I support the distinguished Members of this Senate who have been proposed to serve in the SBC. I serve in the committee and I know the amount of work that they have to deal with. It is the committee that decides the kind of business that we deal with. I correct the view that the previous committee did not do its work. They worked well and very hard. In fact, the secretariat did a fantastic job during our retreat by putting facts on our table, stating which businesses were guided by the SBC and which had been concluded. We now need to deliberate on how to ensure that any business that leaves the ‘Upper House’ - Senate - and goes down to the ‘Lower House’ - the National Assembly - is concluded. That is the task we believe Sen. Crystal Asige, Sen. Faki, Sen. Ali Roba - the distinguished gentleman - and all other distinguished Senators who have been given an opportunity to serve in the SBC, will crack to ensure we complete our task. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you. I repeat, shame on you Governor Kahiga."
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