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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I have listened to all the speakers this afternoon and they have spoken in support of this Motion. Because this Motion is being moved by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., I want to beg him to understand me; that I will be the first one to oppose the Motion. I am opposing this Motion not because the resolution that we want to make is, in any way, sacrilegious; no. It is because of where a Kenyan in national leadership position wants to take Kenya. We have to build a family called Kenya. When I oppose, I do so with the benefit of hindsight. I sat in Bomas when this matter came up. I sat at the Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA) during the second round of an attempt to make the Constitution and this matter was very contentious. It, therefore, begs that I explain to Members, as somebody who was in those areas, what gave rise to Article 188 in the Constitution. Very many submissions were received by the Chairman, Nzamba Kitonga, and people spoke to all the issues that were raised there; geographical features, objects of devolution of Government, the fact that the community had diverse views; that the people were worried about the cost of administration; there was the issue of historical injustices, cultural ties, physical and human infrastructure; and issues of population and demographic trends. All these issues were raised there and this is how it became a hot potato. Madam Temporary Speaker, realizing that the people were not agreeing, the then Committee of Experts (CoE) then decided to introduce an Article, that having created the Senate, the Senate can later on, after promulgating the new Constitution, make that decision because it will be representing everybody. Now, when you thread through what 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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