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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me carry on. Even the media today – although the media is not an authority for arguments in the House – has cast serious doubt on the figures and statements being channeled out by the Government. Even the picture that appeared in one of the newspapers does not look convincing. How did you kill the Al Shabaab, put them on a Land Rover and photograph them? It does not make much sense. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we want, when situations happen, the Government to be even in handling the situation. I have listened to what the distinguished Senator for Mandera has said is happening in Mandera. There is literally an occupation of Mandera County and many other places. But when such things happen, we want an even conduct from the Government. When the Mpeketoni attacks happened, the whole Government moved to Lamu and there is still a curfew there. When attacks happened in Kapedo, none other than the President himself and the security organs moved there. Since the attack in Mandera, not even ole Lenku, Kimaiyo or the Deputy Inspector General of Police has gone there. Is Mandera part of Kenya or out of Kenya? Are the people who were killed in Mandera of less value than other Kenyans? These are serious issues that we must ask. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Government was very prompt when there was an attack in Lamu. The Cabinet Secretary, Ms. Waiguru, flew to Lamu and announced that the Government will take care of funerals and do everything for the victims. Today, Sen. Boni Khalwale, Sen. Khaniri, I and everybody else are struggling to raise funds to go and bury our dead. Are these Kenyans or not? These are questions that we must ask, because we are Kenyans like every other Kenyan. The life of every other Kenyan is as valuable as the other. As I said here, the doctrine of social contract is that we surrender the right to protect ourselves to a bigger organ called the Government, which has a duty to protect the distinguished and protesting Senator for Nyeri and everybody, so that we live in peace. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I finish, it is very sad if what I am reading is right; that as the country is on fire, the President is watching Formula One in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)."
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