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    "id": 757156,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Sir. I understand the frustrations of my friend, Sen. Mwaura, having come from the ‘Lower’ House. We take matters of persons with disability very seriously in this House. This House is not a House of majoritarianism; this House is about equality of counties. We passed the Constitution knowing that we have 47 equal counties. Kiambu County cannot have undue advantage by virtue of Sen. Wamatangi and Sen. Mwaura having an extra vote. It must be treated equally with Lamu County which does not have a nominated Senator. That is the philosophy of devolution. That issue has nothing to do with persons with disabilities or gender. It has something to do with counties being equal. If Nairobi County, for example, was allowed to have extra votes, it would have almost ten votes from both sides of the political divide. That would be gross discrimination across the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the benefit of my friend, Sen. Mwaura, I propose that we defer this subject to the induction. Once the induction is done, everybody will be at home. Those of us who have come here for the second term know that we had the same"
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