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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kathuri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a matter of national interest. If you could indulge us maybe you could give us a bit of time to ventilate on it. The matter was canvassed during the last Senate. I am happy that the Member who raised is in this Fourth Senate is here. Hon. Senate Minority Leader, I wish he catches the Speaker’s ear because for sure this is a matter of national interest. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we wish you could indulge us, especially when asking supplementary questions because our former colleagues, the councillors, gave a huge input to this Republic. They laid the foundations where we step our legs on today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your indulgence maybe the Senators who may be interested can be given some leeway to ask the right questions because those councillors have no other forum, except this Parliament; especially the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Dr. Mwangi for availing his time also to appear here on behalf of almost 1,500 councillors as their Chairman. You can see the interest that this matter has. I want to inform the Cabinet Secretary that the payment of these councillors was an undertaking by Hon. (Amb.) Ukur Yatani who was the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning. What we are trying to unlock today is the resolution of the Senate on the 18th of October 2018 when this matter was canvassed here. It was raised by the Senator for Kitui who by God's grace, is present in this House."
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