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    "id": 571273,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 948,
        "legal_name": "Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, there comes a time where the Eminent Senators in this Senate must challenge themselves on what they stand for. Are they patriots? When we were splitting Committees, I was on record opposing it. We sit in four Committees, but the tradition is that you see a Senator walking in, signs for the tax-payers money and walks away to go to attend another Committee sitting. There comes a time when we need to challenge ourselves and ask ourselves if we are serving this country truthfully or not. This morning, we had business to do, but we started our business five minutes later. On 28th of this month, we had slotted to have governors coming to our meeting to deliberate on matters of reports of the Auditor-General. We should not hide and give small petty excuses. We should serve the full term of the Senate as mandated in the Constitution and the people of our counties. If we are not, we need to do a lot of introspection to see whether we are patriots. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been told that our sister House does not comply with Bills which we have approved. If the reason is to comply with some portions of our work which goes to the National Assembly and that is why we are being called to sit on Wednesday morning, then I do not find any value for that. We, as citizens of this country, I reiterate that we need to do a lot of soul-searching without fear or favour. We have a big mandate and many people follow what we do here. With those few remarks, I oppose."
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