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    "id": 60745,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bifwoli",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Lands",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me this opportunity to support the Adjournment Motion. We have been here for a long time and it is time we went to meet our constituents. We are so tired that when you say a word, people will interpret it to mean something else. As you sit there, the same way your colleague, Mr. Speaker, sits, when we ask you to make a decision on a matter, that should not form the basis of debate every day. You are a human being and you are bound to make mistakes. Mistakes will always be there. However, someone here will say that if you smile at me, then you should be censured. When you laugh at me, you should also be censured. We should refrain from censuring so-and-so because of saying (a), (b) or (c). We should move away from people who say that President Kibaki should not meet with Mr. Raila because it is a mistake. What is the problem if they meet and differ? Human beings will always differ. It is only angels that do not differ in heaven! Otherwise, when we are in this world, we will always differ. Hon. Members should understand that wherever there are human beings, there must be differences. Differences can be sorted out when people are willing to sit and discuss. I will give one example. My younger brother, the Attorney General, gave his advice. However, some of us came up and said that he should be censured. I do not know what the world is coming to. When you are an adviser, you can either give good or bad advice. The Attorney-General just gave his advice. If the advice was bad, the Government should have rejected it. Why would you want to censure him? Is it because he is from the Luhya Community? Can we take this matter lightly? Those who are dreaming of censuring ---"
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