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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Onyonka Richard Momoima",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Senate Majority Leader and all Members who have contributed. I am shocked at the way my colleagues are behaving and what they are saying on this Floor. The reason I am shocked is because somehow I happen to be advantaged because I have been around this system for the last 25 years. I have been around politicking, taking vehicles to Kabarak to go and see President Moi and beg him to give me a handout, so that I could run for elections. I have seen what happened in 2007 when we came to this House and I saw the hate, the vitriol and the anger. What were we fighting about? An election which had been lost and of course, we were on the other side which “lost”. We stood here and said how we wished anybody who was on the other side should have been dead. I watched the Coalition Government work and then it failed. In this Republic, I have seen President Uhuru come into power and his elections were nullified and I have seen how he handled it. I have seen how President William Ruto became the President. So, I hope my colleagues will allow me to lay out my case. This election of Prime Minister Raila to the AUC, indeed, was about our country. This election was not really about Raila per se . I have seen some people say, oh, this election was about President William Ruto and if he is a bad President, therefore, our candidate would not win. No, I take a different approach. The reality is we went in to hunt. I am saying I do not think we were prepared to hunt well and kill the elephant. My argument is we have a country where we are constantly looking for options and solutions away from the reality of what we are dealing with. I have heard my colleagues saying that people were celebrating because Raila lost. Yes, they were celebrating because they were fearful. They want Raila to come back because the country looks unstable and it is not ready to move on. That is where we are, Sen. Cherarkey. This is not about tribes ganging up against bigger tribes and smaller tribes ganging up against smaller ones. This is a State called Kenya, which is dysfunctional and where we have refused to accept the basic tenets. Hon. Senate Majority Leader, you know I respect and love you as my brother."
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