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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "I was very lucky to have been elected an MP in the Sixth Parliament. I will tell you briefly what happened. One day, Members of my party, which was the only party in the country, sat in the old Chamber. When I went out to have tea at 4 p.m., it was announced to me that I was a stranger in the House. I was a Member of Parliament in the morning and by the afternoon Session, I was a stranger in the House. That is a party and the party can do that to you. It was called expelling you from the party at that time and I was expelled from the party, but I stand here today. So, times change. I sometimes consider it a great thing that happened to me because I went on to do other things and still came back here. What I am saying to my friend, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki and he knows that, is that if these were issues about his capacity, integrity or issues like that, we would not be talking. For example, if it was a debate about his character, it would be different. However, I want him to know that so many of his friends are going to vote for this Motion; a good number of your friends and they will still be your friends. It is not because of this that they are not your friends. In fact, some of the people who are going to vote for this Motion are better friends than those who will try to probably show you that they support you because they are telling you the truth. The reality in life is about how you relate with your party and how loyal you are to your party. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of my colleagues have said to the Senator for Tharaka- Nithi that it does not matter whether you respect your party leader or not. I think that those are the people who are not really your friends. I think those are the people who will really put you in deeper trouble because that is not true. It is not possible. As we stand here, the fact is that the process that has ushered us into this place is that same political system. It was the same Party Leader, sitting in a chair, chairing a Parliamentary Group meeting in State House that ensured that Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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