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    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do have high regard for the Chair. These are difficult times for the Opposition. They say that desperate times call for desperate measures. After the 2007 General Election, we were faced with desperate times where the laws we had were no longer suitable. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why we had to come up with desperate measures. One of the desperate measures we came up with was the formation of the Grand Coalition Government. It was not the wish of Kenyans to have a Grand Coalition Government. However, we were in desperate times and those were the desperate measures we had to come up with. So, we are not against your ruling, but these are also desperate times for the Opposition. There are those of us who are in political parties which are on the Government side. We have no intention of forming a political party. Our intention is to form a Grand Coalition Opposition. The Kenya National Democratic Alliance (KENDA) party is not grand. It will basically be a one-man show - an imperial opposition. I know you ruled yesterday that it is not your duty to form an opposition. Since none of us sits in the House Business Committee, if possible and at the right time, we would like our Motion to form a Grand Opposition be allowed to come to the Floor of the House for debate. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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