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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Linturi",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I will be very brief because most of what I would have said has been said. I know that the Standing Orders prohibit being repetitive. I wish to thank the Chair of the Committee of the whole House and the Members that were present for saving this day. I would liken today to a story in the Bible, although I am not that prayerful. I would liken it to a situation where two mothers went before the King to ask for one particular child - I stand to be corrected by those who know the Bible - but when the woman who did not have the pain of that child was asked what should be done with the child, she said that the child should be split into two, so that each one of them could take half of the child. The Members of this Parliament understand the consequences of not passing the Appropriation Bill by today. Members understood very clearly that the money that we are appropriating is for public service. It is for delivery of service to the people of Kenya. So, by them purporting not to understand this and just walking out to deny the people of this country the chance to get services from the Government, in my view, is sabotage. It is a behavior that I would not condone, but I urge my colleagues to be on the watch out because these times are likely to come to the House because this is a desperate lot. We must defend our Government. We must give the people money. We must work for our people. When that other time comes, if they will be lucky and if it will ever come; probably, as I said sometimes back, they will have to seek divine intervention if they will ever get to the seat of power."
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