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    "id": 484053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "August 15, 2014 SENATE DEBATES 27 The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the beauty of civic awareness in this country nowadays is that great constitutional knowledge is not limited to us lawyers. I thank Sen. Muthama for the information. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Deputy Governor was asked what “ nguu” means, he explained to the Committee that what he wanted to tell people was to live in harmony. I have gone out of my way to ask Sen. Musila, who is the much older person here from Ukambani than Muthama and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., and he has told me--- There is no doubt that Sen. Musila is a very respected person in this House. He was a District Officer, District Commissioner, Provincial Commissioner, Member of Parliament, Deputy Speaker of the House, an Assistant Minister for Defence and he is our Commissioner. Above all, he is not a man prone to extravagant language or exaggerations. He has told me that the use of the word “nguu” in Kikamba is very common and it is not offensive and does not mean what we are being told it means. I believe him because he has no reason to mislead me. I want to urge this House that let us not fall into a trap of malice, witch-hunt, trivial and spending our energy negatively and above all, portraying ourselves to Kenyans as a House which if a Governor cannot box his deputy, he brings it to the Senate to box for him. That will be a very sad day for this House. I want to say to all the Governors---"
}