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    "id": 713002,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary, Speaker Sir, I do not think I used the word “hopeless”. I said that President Uhuru Kenyatta demonstrated courage albeit with some weakness when he said ‘I do not know’. That is an open statement. Those are not my own words but the words of the Head of State. He said that. I have talked about his courage. Why is it that there is no point of order when I talk about his courage? I have been accused of hate speech but I have never been found guilty because I measure my words. We have seen what has happened in counties. I attended the County Public Accounts and Investment Committee sitting when they were dealing with the auditor’s query on Machakos County. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo who is now trying to silence me was chairing the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. He is an eye witness and has received devastating statements about Machakos County Government. The most worrying thing is that the MCAs who are supposed to play the role of oversight are the ones who accompanied the Governor as his witnesses. They came to support the crimes that he has committed and said that he had done nothing. The governors must be jailed just as it happened in Nigeria. I want to ask the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee to come up with very firm recommendations as they complete the hearing of the auditor’s queries which assist us to ensure that these people are sent to where they belong so as to stop corruption in this country. As we go on recess, we are going to be faced by challenges of the upcoming elections which is something that every Kenyan is looking up to. I want to advise the Government and IEBC to stick to the Motion that was negotiated and agreed upon outside Parliament. I understand that there was voting today in the National Assembly where they amended some of the agreed clauses. One of them is the one that says that we should not have more than 500 registered voters in every polling station. The information I have is that it has been amended to 700 registered voters. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, could I have two more minutes? We do not have many contributors in the House."
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