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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to also contribute to this Amendment Bill. Before, I go to the Bill, I wish to say the following: My brothers hon. Raila Odinga, hon. Kalonzo Musyoka and I were invited by the President to meet as leaders of this country. We were invited to a luncheon hosted in honour of the visiting President of the Republic of Korea. We attended the luncheon. People may be wondering where our brother hon. Kalonzo Musyoka is. He is out of the country in China on an official/ private visit. He is fully in the picture of the invitation and the discussions that we had. Secondly, after the luncheon, my brother hon. Raila Odinga and I met with the President and his deputy. On the table was the issue of how we can engage as the leadership of the country to address issues that are affecting the country including that of the IEBC. We had good but inconclusive discussions to the extent that we agreed to meet and discuss further before we reach a level where we can put up teams possibly to look at the issues within the Constitution and other administrative structures that portend bottlenecks and hindrances to having a peaceful, cohesive country that can go to elections without disputes and many other things that may not be part of elections. Therefore, I am saddened when excited young Senators like Sen. Murkomen make fun of an otherwise very important issue and laugh until his last tooth can be seen as if it is a discovery or innovation for leaders to meet. Leaders all over the world meet. It is this cheap excitement that can otherwise make things that are fairly well founded and well-meaning look like they are secret and as if people are undermining or betraying the people they work with. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have a son who I have been going to the demonstrations with. So, when somebody stands up and says, “Where are their sons?” Who in this country goes displaying their children everywhere and say, “For avoidance of doubt, this is my son.” I have seen hon. Raila Odinga coming to the demonstrations with his daughter. You have also seen. I have also seen hon. Kalonzo Musyoka come to demonstrations with his sons. I have also gone with my son and we have inhaled the wicked teargas that has been thrown at us together. So, I encourage that humility is a virtue. It helps much more to build bridges than exhibiting unhelpful excitement and arrogance that does not take us anywhere."
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