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    "id": 419572,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like also to say something about this Motion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Motion is straightforward. It has necessitated a lot of heated debate when it is just supposed to be a straightforward Motion. The biggest question that we need to ask ourselves is why the Kshs3.9 billion was not paid to the appropriate authorities or people who were supposed to be paid. That is the cause of the strike. The strike is number two, because if you refuse to pay me, what do you expect me to do? I will fight it out. Now, the boys are fighting it out and us, being their representatives, we have to say something about it. But the main issue is whether it is true or just normal political debate that the money was given and diverted. Mr. Temporary Speaker, we are talking about it with a lot of confidence. But I hate talking about something unless I am so sure about it. In fact, for me to stand here and condemn the Vice Chancellor or his deputy without having correct information, I would also appear to the public as if I do not know what I am talking about. I think that, that is what this House needs to be careful about. All of us are known to be good debaters and can speak from morning to evening. But the question is: Are we speaking the truth or the right thing? Just securing an opportunity to attack the entire system because of two or three people at the university or in the Government, who may be committing this outrageous crime, I think is most unfair. I get very concerned when I sit here and listen to people criticizing and speaking just for the sake of it. Let us try to shift from that kind of life."
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