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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "What I saw yesterday, much as you have always been saying that we have had enough induction courses, I want to believe that we still need more induction courses to be able to handle some of these things. People seem not to understand and learn. Yesterday, it almost brought me back two years back when I was a councillor throwing stones and chairs, but I want to plead with my colleagues that we need to sober up. We need to come as a team in this respectable House and be able to debate issues based on merits. As the Leader of Majority Party has just said, we just need to be an august House, and stop doing things that when we go out there people look at us and cannot believe in what we do in this House. Secondly, I want to believe that the competence of the Speaker’s panel is unquestionable. We have very competent people giving us direction every time that we are supposed to be dealing with Motions. I do not want to believe that every time I see Clerks advising the Speaker on the Standing Orders and the Constitution--- I want to believe even yesterday, the Chair was advised properly. You have already given directions on what we are supposed to do as regards the Bill that was coming up yesterday. I want to believe that we can come together as a House irrespective of our political divide. I remember yesterday hon. Midiwo, who is a very good friend of mine, was saying he could not believe what we were doing. He was very remorseful. I want to say, hon. Midiwo, we will support the things that we will bringing so that we can be able to--- Lastly, is just to plead that today, as you have already indicated, let us have some order so that we can give Kenyans what they deserve as their legislators."
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