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    "id": 871845,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I think in fairness, unless you are not alive to the comments that sometimes Kenyans make about the quality of contributions, the Bill before the House is on proposed amendments to the PFM Act of 2012. It has nothing to do with Valentine’s Day or such like casual things of the streets. You want to bring matters of night clubs to the Floor of the House. Surely? Also, it is clear that a majority of Members who walked in this afternoon did not know what Bills were coming up for debate. That is why the one who has spoken longest, I was checking, is the Member for Makueni, who spoke for two-and-a-half minutes. This is about public finance management law. We can even clear this. If you are perhaps prepared for the other Bills which are listed, then we can get to them. We cannot just sit here and everybody rises in their place and claims to wish everybody happy Valentine’s Day and such like nondescript stuff. Surely, this is not right. Hon. Babu, I am sure you may be prepared to contribute to some other Bill. You are the Secretary-General of Kenya Young Parliamentarians. You are not being fair to the voters, because they will say: “Oh! This is what we elected you to go and do in the House! Valentine’s stuff!” This is not a place for Valentine’s. It is only that I was consulting with the Member for Tharaka. Otherwise, I would have outrightly ruled you out of order for introducing strange and extraneous matters to the Bill. There being no other Member desirous of contributing…"
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