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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Harun Ndubi",
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    "content": "They are all my friends here. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a saying in Kiswahili which I am sure many of you will know which says “Baniani mbaya, kiatu chake dawa.” You may not like me; I may not like you, but we must respect each other and befit each other so that – again if I may use the Swahili expression – “Undugu sio kufanana ila kufaana.” I am saying this as expressions to deal with the background of the problem that has brought us before this venerable House this evening for the whole day. If you look at the record of the proceedings before the Committee and the record of the affidavits and statements filed by the County Assembly before this Senate, certain things become apparent. The first is that there is unanimity in Machakos County Executive or Machakos County Government that the Deputy Governor, Bernard Kiala, is bad. There is also the silent unanimity from those records that everything in Machakos is good except Bernard Kiala, the Deputy Governor, because nowhere in those myriad of affidavits do you find anybody saying anything positive about Bernard Kiala – not even his name – and there is nothing negative or no problem is described about Machakos except Bernard Kiala. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we do remember that in recent history, Machakos has been in the news for many other reasons. Machakos has been in the ears and lips of Kenyans because of the ambitious launch of the Machakos Modern Techno City; Machakos has been in our ears and lips about the Konza City; Machakos has been in our ears and lips about the ambulances; Machakos has been known for the many police cars; Machakos has been known for the fastest building or construction of a road; Machakos has been known a little bit ignominiously over the incidences of the Masaku 7s. Machakos has not been known in our ears and lips, even in national circulating media, about expulsion of people from different communities – whether from other counties other than Machakos or ethnic communities other than those originally resident in Machakos. This we got to hear it for the first time before the Committee and it is curious. 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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