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    "id": 645444,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "I advise our colleagues in the Opposition that if they want to oppose, they must be genuine and honest. Otherwise, opposing for the sake of opposing will not help Kenyans and will make Kenyans believe that you are actually not being truthful. On the issue of corruption, our brothers in the Opposition do not have any moral authority to stand here and say that the Jubilee Government is corrupt. This is still very fresh in the minds of Kenyans. I brought a Motion which was meant to amend a report that we had drafted as the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives. The amendment was meant to punish people who are known to be corrupt and who have mismanaged the Mumias Sugar Company in my place. I was shocked that the Opposition, knowing very well that this was a corrupt practise, stood on a point of order to try and dilute what I was trying to do. If they were really genuine on the issues of corruption, they would have let me move the amendment so that this person could be punished. They went ahead and brought in documents that have not been verified to date. The matter at hand at that time was the issue of the Value Added Tax (VAT). The amount totalled to Kshs577 million. Even if I was involved in any business with Mumias Sugar Company, what was I to do with VAT? I, therefore, urge our brothers in the Opposition that if they really want to oppose, they must be genuine. They must come out clearly and say whatever they want to say in opposing. The President honoured Salah Farah. He honoured Salah Farah posthumously. Farah is a Muslim. He died defending Christians. To me, that was very great because for some time, Kenyans used to think that terrorists only kill Christians. There is a Kenyan Muslim who stood for the Christians and died for defending them. I thank the President for honouring Salah Farah. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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