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    "id": 484288,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bernard Kiala",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Governor of Machakos",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to submit that I have not abused my office and that never have I at any one time given a hate speech. My fight for equality and affirmative action has been twisted to mean something different. I want to state that I wish the Committee had invited a Kamba speaking expert to give meaning to the word “nguu” because in our community, we have many idiomatic expressions and metaphors. We do not have a word like “nguus”. I heard the word “ nguus” in the Committee. We only have “nguu” and “ngu”. There is a time I talked about “ngu” meaning slow space when you are driving along bad roads in our county and which need to be fixed. There are times when I talked about “nguu” when I was referring to people eating in the government; the fact of corruption, the face of impunity and the face of nepotism in our county. Never have I at any one given time used the word “ngu” or “nguu” to refer to a specific community either within Machakos or elsewhere. I have always used those parables in a very positive way; calling for peace and unity. I know the Senate will use its position to protect devolution and counties. Irrespective of the outcome of today’s verdict, I still request that you get an expert to give a correct transcription of my speech because I know it has been quoted out of context so that it may try to confirm some charges that have been leveled against me. With those remarks, I now wish to invite my legal counsel, Mr. Ndubi, to pick up from there. Thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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