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    "id": 449825,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "which was in our pledge and Manifesto, somebody decided to work with crooks and businessmen to smear the name of the President. Today, that person is not here. I watched. The standard gauge railway is a serious issue in our country. The media played it for many days. Members went to talk shows and names of great leaders, including the Deputy President and the President, their character and the character of the Government was put to question as far as this matter is concerned. What do we have today? The oversight role of Parliament under Article 95 has been upheld. I hope and pray that if hon. Alfred Keter is not watching me, the people of Nandi Hills are watching me. That the men and women you sent to Parliament must be men and women above reproach. That is what they say; that is what they believe in. That what they say is what they stand for, and their constituencies stand for. Let me now come to the substantive matters. The railway project was started in 2008 by the Grand Coalition Government of the nusu mkate fame, which I left midway when I realized their vision and aspirations were taking Kenya nowhere. I was very lucky because I was new in politics. They conceived a baby, called standard gauge railway in 2008 but the mother could not give birth until one His Excellency the President, hon. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta became the President. In nine months, as medical doctors will agree with me, he said that baby must be delivered. I want to thank hon. Keynan because your Committee mid-wifed the SGR. Your Committee went into the labour room and made sure that the baby had no deformities; that the eyes and legs are okay. You behaved like a gynecologist."
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