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    "id": 691941,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I start by referring to the matter that was raised by the Senate Minority Leader and alluded to by the Senate Majority Leader as well. My job as Senator is very clearly defined in the Constitution. It is unfortunate that the county I represent is the subject of debate here today. It would have been better had we never gotten to this stage. However, it is what it is now. My major role, before and after, the decision that will be taken by this House will be to unify the county. As for individuals who may want to direct me from in or outside this House, I beg that we forgive them. It is what in psychology they call “projection error”, where you are sitting in a position and you imagine that in similar circumstances, you would either be trying to influence or be influenced by others. It is a position that does not apply to me. If it applies to them, then I would just forgive and pity them. However, the voice of reason must reign supreme in Nyeri County. In that county today, the cows are being milked. After the hearing and the decision of this House, coffee will still be picked. Even other activities that the people of Nyeri involve themselves in will continue in the manner that they have always done. I have total and complete confidence in this House. Kenyans and “Nyerians” have complete and total confidence in the ability of this House to make a decision whether they do so, as a Committee, or as plenary in the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my only concern and urge is that: One, a deviation from what we are going to do or what has been done in the past, should be properly explained so that individuals out there do not have some suspicion as to why we deviated from what is normally done in this House. Secondly, in interrogating the individuals who are going to come before the plenary or the committee, we must ensure that it does not look like we are lynching anybody in view of the many numbers that will be involved in carrying out the investigations. Thirdly, at the end of this process, justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to have been done. Only in so doing can the people from Nyeri feel that justice was done for them. The decisions of this House become a personification of how such decisions should be done."
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