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    "id": 257490,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that we have the issue of the Finance Bill that is pending. It is important that we engage on it as a House. However, it is also futile to try and engage ourselves if we are not making any progress, especially at this eleventh hour. The fact of it is that all of us - and if we want to be as truthful as we can be – are also in a mood to go and have some rest so that we can come back fresh and engage on these issues. The fact that we are here at this time, it is important we own up to some of these facts. Yesterday, when we were whipped to go to Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), we went there freely. A majority of us went there freely. I did not see Mr. Imanyara there. We went there freely and engaged the Executive. We left this place or the offices we were in, knowing that we were going to engage the Executive. So, to come back here and start pretending that you were called to a meeting which you did not know what it was all about is not true. It was engaging the Executive. I think it is important that we also take responsibility for the decisions that we make. The Finance Bill has been on the Order Paper since October, if not before. I was in the United States of America (USA) from 3rd December, 2011 to 10th December, 2011. I was in the company of the Chief Whip, Mr. Midiwo. At the time we were there, that was the time when negotiations on the amendments of the Bill would have been going on. So, we are all to blame. We also took time to be away when we should have engaged ourselves to discuss the amendments of the Bill. It is important that I say that. If it is a question of passports, we can produce them."
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