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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all due respect, I was not attacking any of my colleagues. That is why I said that hon. Jamleck Kamau is my friend. However, even if he is my friend, I need to advise him. Some of these things will live with us forever. Twenty years from today, hon. Jamleck Kamau may want to be appointed to a high office and these things may come to haunt him. Recently, when the Judicial Service Commission was interviewing judges, you could see some of the actions they took in the 1980s haunting them. I do not want my friend to suffer the same fate 20 years from today. That is why I was advising him that if I were him, I would withdraw this Motion because it is retrogressive and portrays him in very bad light. It puts him in the league of those who support impunity in this country and those who are fighting democracy. I remember we were with him, although he came in late, but he supported the new Constitution. Initially, he was in the red and then he was undecided and then finally he supported the Constitution. Now, I want to give him the benefit of doubt that he believes in the Constitution that we have and the democratic space that we have got ourselves in. That is why I am advising him that this Motion is dangerous and not important. It is not adding any value and it is not even worth the paper it is written on. This is a very serious Motion that no one should think about. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I was urging that once we finish with this Motion, the two hon. Members who I know - Hon. Mututho is someone who listens very well – to drop the idea of bringing a Bill. Once this Motion is lost, let us not have another Bill discussing the same in this House. I would urge my colleagues not to act out of emotions because today the opinion polls portray one candidate as the probable winner. Tomorrow it may be their candidate. What will they say? Today, based on the opinion polls, my candidate may lose but tomorrow things may change. So, please, let us look at these things in a holistic way. Let us have a broad view of the whole thing. I plead with hon. Members not to give a chance to this Motion because it will take us back. Thank you."
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