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    "id": 480407,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am glad to be informed that the Jubilee Government has now taken money to Governors, but I was not speaking towards resources in terms of money. I meant the architectural designs so that the county assemblies and the Governors’ residence are standardized. If you go to South Africa and Ontario, the headquarters are standardized. This is something that must be planned out because we have some Governors like the Governor of Kilifi who has gone and bought a residence worth Kshs145 million. This is a matter that is a subject of an audit query. This is because they are not guided. Secondly, I would like the House to note with thanks that the two Senators who have led this House in this Bill are both from the United Democratic Forum (UDF) Party, and for this reason, I want to take this opportunity to thank two people namely; Musalia Mudavadi the party leader and Martha Wangari. Musalia Mudavadi because of his steady steering of the ship, we have been able to come this far and Martha Wangari for the reason that inspite of her defecting from the opposition where the party found itself after elections, she still worked with me as a rebel, but we are willing to accommodate her when she changes her mind and realizes that her party did not win the elections. The party lost and this is why it is on the opposition side. Finally, like Sen. Wetangula who spoke before me, the issue of the referendum did not start with Okoa Kenya movement. The issue of the referendum started as soon as President Kibaki promulgated the new Constitution because he did so knowing that 20 per cent of that document required to be re-looked at. This is all that we are doing in keeping with the very proud attitude that we carried on the day of---"
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