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    "id": 499931,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I am quite confident that the Supreme Court of Kenya will agree with what Senators have said. However, I am not afraid to say that the Supreme Court will eventually find itself where it found itself in the first instance when we approached it; namely, a defiant Speaker of the National Assembly. Let the Speaker of the National Assembly know that we also have other options. Yes, the Supreme Court is there, but we also have the court of public opinion. If pushed, we shall be asking the country to amend this Constitution so that it conforms with the best international practices of bi-cameral parliament as it obtains in the United States of America (USA), Canada, Australia, South Africa, Nigeria and in many other countries. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having opened so, allow me to thank the Senate Majority Leader. He moved this Motion very well yesterday and it was seconded very ably by Sen. Wetangula. Some of the Speakers in the “Lower House” are new entrants to the political journey that some of us started walking at the age of 22 years when we were at the University of Nairobi (UoN). Allow me to remind them that since 1965 when Tom Mboya and Mwai Kibaki came up with a Sessional Paper that locked out many parts of this country out of national resources, many things have changed. In 1985, the former President Moi discovered that something was wrong. So, he came up with the District Focus for Rural Development 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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