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    "id": 484410,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been really wanting to speak for a long time, but maybe there was something wrong with the gadget. What I am going to say is very weighty. For one, you were right that the issue of 24 Senators has been more of a tradition rather than by law. That is a fact. Another fact is that the issue of whether we are going to be 24 Senators or not, has always been raised been before the bar is drawn. It is something that we consult ahead of Division so that when we come to it, we are not embarrassed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the third fact is that the whips of both sides of the divide are responsible for whipping their Members to make sure that we have a quorum in the House. My dear sister and Sen. Elachi stood on a point of order to extent the sitting of the House today to which we agreed. It means that it was incumbent upon her to whip her Members to be here so that the business of the House is completed. The fourth fact is that there is something in English which is called “malice aforethought”. If, indeed, Sen. Elachi had asked for extension of time, she should have taken the time to find out whether we are 24 Senators or not, but she did not. Instead because we are human beings with God given senses, we watched as she walked out with Senators who were sitting here and when she came back, she was minus some of them. At a time when she should be whipping them to come in, instead, malice aforethought forced her to let them go away. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are hon. Senators and we should speak the truth to each other. Should I stop going to Kisumu tomorrow because my old mama is sick just because somebody by malice aforethought wants to punish me again not to fulfill a personal or family responsibility when I knew that a special day had been dedicated to 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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