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    "id": 504063,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "It is because at that time, it dawned on us and we went ahead and allowed hon. Oloo Aringo, who was de-whipped by his own party simply because he disagreed with them, to bring a Bill to that effect. We believed in the interests of colleagues, that there will be no Parliamentary Service Commission without hon. Aringo. We sat here up to midnight and we said that the following day there would be no Budget. Under the old Constitution, if the Budget was rejected, the Government would collapse. Therefore, people would have to go back for fresh elections. We were prepared to face fresh elections instead of having Parliament governed as a department in the Office of the President. We sat here up to 2.30 a.m. and the Minister for Finance was in his office. We called hon. Aringo and I was one of the bouncers. I was very young. Hon. Charity Ngilu was also one of the bouncers. We just said that every Member, apart from the ones who were in hospital, had to be present. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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