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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You can see that there is a deliberate attempt to derail us from interrogating the very shoddy answer brought by the Senate Majority Whip. We want to plead with you that this is a Statement that is rightfully on the Floor of this House. You approved it and we deserve to get answers to the questions and the supplementary questions that we are raising. In the answer, the Senate Majority Whip has clearly said that these officers were withdrawn because they attended an illegal function at Uhuru Park. You heard that yourself. Sen. Wetangula has quoted so many names of leaders whose security was withdrawn and yet, we know very well they were nowhere near Uhuru Park. If these security officers were being withdrawn for being present at Uhuru Park, I want the Senate Majority Whip to tell me why my security in the village, in Hamisi, was withdrawn. Why were my security officers guarding my home in Nairobi withdrawn? Were they also at Uhuru Park? We want to remind them that provision of security to elected leaders is not a favour we are getting from the Government; it is a right. Do not use that to cajole us to agree with you in your political standing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is our right. Today they are in Government, but tomorrow they may be in the opposition. Would they want the same treatment to be meted onto them when they are in the opposition? I am an elected leader and I am entitled to security. Therefore, I want to know why my security was withdrawn. What offence did I commit? Where and with whom? Why have I not been charged?"
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