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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to address this House on this very important Motion of Kenya's place in the international order of nations, and especially on the African Continent. Before I do that, I also take the opportunity to pass my condolences and to pray for our two Members of Parliament who recently left us and went to be with the maker. I was held up yesterday in other official functions and I could not contribute to the Motion when it was here. I express my condolences and I pray that the Almighty God has mercy on them, receives them in eternal bliss, and continues guiding their families and giving them strength to cope in their absence. Having said that, and having listened to the debate that has gone on this afternoon, I do not have much to add on what happened in Addis. It happened. Many people have speculated why it happened without producing any concrete evidence, but we take it as that. The fact is that we did not get the seat through the Rt. Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga, but we rallied behind the flag. As it is required of anybody to be patriotic, we rallied behind the flag, and it went. But behind being patriotic is also being accountable. We have heard it said on this Floor that the Rt. Hon. former Prime Minister visited 51 countries. We also saw a motley crowd of Kenyans; a mixture of all manner of characters, in Addis Ababa during the voting. Some even engaging in shamanic expressions of anticipations of victory. I would pray that in the interest of accountability and transparency, this House be informed how much money was spent on the campaign. Was it private money? Was it public money? If it was public money, who authorised it? Was it in the budget of Parliament or was it in some mischievous arrangements between the National Treasury and elements in the Executive? It is this kind of escapades where there is no accountability that are used to steal money from Kenyans. So, my interest is that the campaigns are over, we rallied behind the flag, but let us be informed how much money was taken out of the National Treasury, if at all, and what procedure was used to authorise it. I have checked the Appropriation Acts of Parliament, I have not found any provision for that campaign. Therefore, I would want to know how much was spent on that campaign. If Parliament was not involved, who authorised the National Treasury to spend that money, if the money came from the public. The other issue that I would like to speak to---"
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