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    "id": 526180,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to use this opportunity to pass my sincere condolences to the family and friends of our departed colleague. I had a unique opportunity to work with the late Hon. Muchai in the last Parliament before we came to this House, when we were creating laws to give effect to Article 162(2), which provides that Parliament, through legislation, shall create courts that will have the same strength as the high court to listen to matters of employment and labour relations. We worked with him and the Secretary-General of the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU), Mr. Atwoli, sometimes beyond midnight. He struck me as somebody who really had the interest of the workers at heart. For this reason, when I learned about his being gunned down on Saturday morning when I was at Bukhungu Stadium attending a bull fighting function, I felt so bad. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to appeal to Kenyans that, please, do not kill us. Why are you now killing us yet you elected us and we represent you? Do not kill us! If it is money you are being given to kill us, please know that, that money they might be giving you is the very money that they get from you through corrupt practices that we fight them for. I want to appeal to Kenyans not to kill us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, just like hon. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has said, it is very sad that the newspapers now want to create a threat through a theory so as to bring the country on board. Today, they are saying that it was carjacking; carjacking? Carjacking means that the guy who is attacking you is doing so to take your car either to go with you or to eliminate you and go away with your car. The people they are referring to – and I do not want to doubt what the police are saying through the media – are reported to have carjacked some two ladies on the outskirts of Nairobi and carried them in the boot. Be it as it may, but if they are the same people they want us to believe carjacked Hon. Muchai, 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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