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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, for having listened to me very well. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was, therefore, very embarrassing to the institution of Parliament of Kenya that none other than the boss of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) came out and admitted that, indeed, his soldiers fell short of the glory. This shows how it is important that we take the work of our committees very seriously. Mr. Speaker, Sir, similarly, we have a case where a Committee is seized of the issue of cane poaching, which is threatening the sugar industry in our county and the neighbouring counties of Siaya, Kisumu and Bungoma. Now even before the Committee concludes its investigations, having met only one of the players, it goes and says that they are planning to close down Butali Sugar Company. Closing down Butali Sugar Company is closing down the livelihoods of our people and, therefore, killing them. When the right time comes, I would like to be given an opportunity to see how best we can exercise ourselves in the cordial working relationship between the Senate and the National Assembly, so that should they come up with that kind of threat that they are threatening to effect, we will be given a chance to play our part. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, as I support this Committee, I want to lament how unfortunately the law cuts both ways. There is the issue of by-elections. If it was not because of petitions---"
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