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    "id": 992496,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Sen. Malalah has spoken. First, I want to say that Sen. Poghisio served as a Minister under ODM-Kenya (ODM-K). I personally detest the word “minority” because I do not think anybody should be referred to as minority. For those who have been removed, I have said here before that we are serving temporary interests of political parties. They are not hereditary and they can be taken away anytime. For the Members who have extended the olive branch to the new leadership, we should know that we still must survive. Counties are counting on us to continue doing their business. When you moved an amendment of the Political Parties Act, I had an issue with the amendment which caused the breaking away of the so many political parties. I had a proposal for the amendment and you stood on a point of order and told me to amend it later. You can see that I had a point there. The amendments were done in a hurry. When we were debating the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, you were here as the Senate Majority Leader and we spent a lot of time here. I tried to filibuster until midnight, but I was told so many things. As leaders, we should remember that we can be here or the other side at any given time. Therefore, humility should count for something. I am asking Sen. Poghisio and his team to be humble. If they want to take away his seat, he should ask them to take it away as long as they do not take away the seat which he was elected for. We should also not have feeling for the particular seats that we are offered by the political parties. We should be magnanimous if they are there. We must move on if they are not there because life moves on and the sun will still set."
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