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    "content": "importantly, I was privileged to work with Dr. Ali in the Ninth Parliament and he is a perfect parliamentarian. He worked as our commissioner, as my medical junior and my political senior, Dr. Kuti, will attest, I call him senior because he rose to become a Minister and the furthest I could go was assistant minister before I was sacked. The same things I am saying about Dr. Ali, I would say about Dr. Kuti because they were in the same class at the medical school. I remember the many times we could sit with them when we were preparing to go on strike, all in the interest of the welfare of society. Therefore, I would like to request our colleagues that we support Dr. Ali. He is a very principled man. I remember during the election of 2007, Dr. Ali lost his seat by a margin of three votes but since he is a very religious man, he said that is was the will of Allah. Other people would have called those who conducted election names and so on, but he went through the due process and accepted the vote. More importantly, I asked him why he said it is the work of Allah and he told me that while in the counting hall after the verdict, his main agent demanded for a recount and the recount again brought a difference of three votes. It is this kind of principled Kenyans that we want to allow in public service. These are people who respect the rule of law. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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