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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will keep it short. Thank you for your Communication. I often quote the Bible. Even in this occasion, I will, where it says: “Where two are gathered in his name, He shall be there”. We are gathered here. Two or three are gathered. I have seen some comments about our visit here. For those who are in doubt, we had a very successful meeting this morning with the Committee on Finance and the executives of Uasin Gishu and the County Assembly in a make shift tent. We also had a very successful visit to the MTRH. I do not think I would have known that this county hospital serves 21 counties if we had not come to Eldoret. If we had not come here, we would not have heard the things that we did. The County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) is meeting with governors. They spend money coming to Nairobi, but now we have come here to listen to them. We have demonstrated humility by sitting in the county assembly just like in the Bible, those who come down will be raised by the good Lord. So, have faith. As the Senate Majority Leader, we should go to Tana River County, Lodwar, and let us cross by boat and go to Lamu County, listen to them and ride on those donkeys so that then, just like in the Bible, „we can be lifted high.‟ Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no regrets whatsoever coming to Uasin Gishu. I am sure by the time we will finish, devolution will be much better because of the things that we will do here. We should make a resolution to suspend a lot of our sittings in Nairobi and sit amongst the people and leave those ones who think that they are big because they make themselves big to sit in Nairobi. I would choose to sit in Wote and many other places. There is no contradiction with Senators having offices in county assemblies. To the people of Uasin Gishu, the Home of Champions, may God bless you. The Champions of devolution are in town. Thank you."
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