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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, granted that there was an attempt to give me a good grade, I would like to address my friend, Angela Ambitho. She should ask herself; why is it that every time she releases an opinion poll, she is challenged? Even before we went to the general election, Ipsos Synovate was releasing opinion polls and it would be challenged. As the father of opinion polling law in this country – I am the one who brought it – I remember, I consulted Ambitho, Dr. Martin Oloo, a lecturer at the school of law and Ipsos Synovate. We agreed that whenever you do this for public consumption, you must declare the question. The question which she declared was completely inadequate. The question that can lead to the assessment any one of us would have to ask the voter the following: Do you think your Senator participates in sessions of the House? Do you think your Senator has performed well in matters of oversight? Does your Senator sit in committees? Does the Senator move Motions? Does the Senator move Bills? Does the Senator protect funds that are allocated to his or her county? These are practical questions to which members of the public can respond. If that question was fair, it should also have remembered that in this House, we do not have only elected Senators through universal suffrage but we also the specially Nominated Senators. Where are the women Senators in this opinion polling? They are doing a fantastic job in this country. I want to urge Infotrak to make scientific research that can attract all the players in this House so that it does not look like they are setting us against each other. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of sampling of the population and the issue of who is paying, the law demands that Infotrak names them. Yes, they have declared that they were commissioned by the Nation Media Group but it was wrong to pay good money to Infotrak who did not do a good job. They did a shoddy job. The Nation Media Group failed. Why were they wasting money? 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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