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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, he knows that I cannot be intimidated. I rise to I oppose this Motion in totality. Of course, those who assisted my good friend, hon. Musimba, to draft this Motion did not do their assignment properly. This is because there is nothing contemptuous or malicious from what was said. What one can say is that the Speaker did not use a lot of humour. In terms of performance, on a scale of one to ten, I give our Speaker 8/10 because of the reforms he has initiated in this Parliament. I served with hon. Muturi in the Ninth Parliament, where he was the Chairman of the Public Investments Committee (PIC). If you refer to the HANSARD, you will be surprised. If you look at his participation in Motions and Bills, especially during the Committee stage of Bills, nobody can defeat him. The guy is extremely gifted in understanding our Standing Orders, our laws and almost all sections of the Constitution. Nobody can beat him in this House. Let us defeat this Motion. What we have done today is actually lowering the dignity of this House. You cannot use empirical formula to determine what is written in this Motion. So, we have wasted this afternoon. Because the dignity of this House is at stake, let us improve because Kenyans will tell you a lot about what happens here if you go to churches and all these other places right now. Let us improve on what we have done so far because if a Motion can be brought against a reformist hon. Speaker, then a Motion can be brought against anybody in this House even on flimsy issues. When you look at what the hon. Speaker has done and the list has been given, this is the most performing Speaker and I will not doubt that my good friend hon. Marende did his bit and even hon. Kaparo did his bit. However, this hon. Speaker is the most reform minded one since Sir Humphrey Slade."
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