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    "id": 529534,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is, indeed, a timely Motion. I am a Member of the CORD and I stood in solidarity with the Jubilee coalition when our principals called upon our membership not to attend Parliament when the President was attending the joint Houses. Having said so, I hold a completely different view of his Speech as a statesman. I believe that we in the opposition will not score much by abrogating ourselves the duty of abusing the presidency in Parliament. I do not think that that is the way to score marks. I think we shall score highly if we pick on real issues and hold on to them to fight and win the presidency in 2017 which I know we are able to, but only if we have facts. If the President of the Republic of Kenya addresses Parliament on whatever matter, that is his constitutional right. It is your personal opinion to label the Speech inadequate or pointless and not our party’s opinion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at that time, the country was really in distress; the country was in dire need to know what was going on. Kenya is not only about the Jubilee and CORD coalitions, but it belongs to all Kenyans. This was a situation where the President of the Republic of Kenya had been asked to appear at the ICC to answer to a case, leaving a vacuum of leadership. As has been ably explained by the Senate Minority Leader, Article 147 of the Constitution clearly says that he did not need to have done that to abrogate his powers to the Deputy President because that is a foregone case, because 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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