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    "id": 1564412,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With due respect to my brother, I have nothing against you. I have no interest in Nyamira. It is on the strength of the speech by the Chairperson of the Committee, who has actually brought in the possibility that the two of you control the warring parties. Therefore, I am free to comment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason I sat very well with Sen. Mungatana about bringing in other parties, including the church and other players like elders, it is because he was now pursuing the possibility that it is not points of law, it is just ego amongst two people who are unable to work together. If indeed, Sen. Omogeni, that is not the case, then I can tell you, the best thing to do so as to resolve this matter quickly, is to agree that just like bank robbers, the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) and the leadership in Nyamira are fighting over money. If that be the case, because the Controller of Budget (CoB) has refused to be proactive, let us find that this is a breach of the financial control mechanism. Let us also find that this breach is persistent. Therefore, let us invoke Article 225 of the Constitution that gives this House the power to stop for 60 days, 50 per cent of the budget that goes to Nyamira, so that both parties will have something to lose and not fight for what they want to benefit and then they agree to come back on the table. Otherwise, what did you want the Chairman of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to do? Did you want him to go with machetes to Kisii and tease people, so that they listen to him? He has come and told us where he is. This is a progress report. We all chair committees. We know how difficult it is for a committee to complete work. You may want to complete work in 30 days, but because of the volume of work that comes to the Chair and the Secretariat, it can stretch"
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