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    "id": 372040,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I just want to add to what has been said by my colleagues. I want to agree with the Chairman of the TNA, hon. Sakaja; that there are some issues we must find a way, as a House, to address. I know for a fact that, for instance, in order for us to get the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to read the Budget here, something had to be done because he was not meant to be here. So, we need to find a way of facilitating such important occasions because we represent the people of Kenya. Hon. Speaker, as you are aware, right now, I personally follow the issues that happen in our country. I know for a fact that in Kitui County, about three or four days ago, a serious incident occurred. There is nothing, in my view, which will please the people of Kitui more than seeing the whole country uniting behind them, in light of what happened there. So, I know that it is something within the powers of your Office. I may be guided, if I am wrong but I think it can be possible when the need arises, for us to convert a sitting of this House into a Committee of the whole House and interrogate matters while interacting with Cabinet Secretaries; so as to be able to comprehensively address national issues, like what is going on in Kitui. I know that the Principal Secretary responsible for security was there yesterday but I am sure that if the people of Kitui today were to see this House discussing the matters that are so dear to them, regarding a renegade individual who is basically holding a whole division to ransom, they will know that, truly, it is a matter which grieves the country, and a matter we have taken hold of, which we want to address, as a country. That is not the only issue. We have seen many times that my good friend – whom sometimes I prefer referring to as my former good friend – the leader of the Majority, tackling issues."
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