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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, mine is a very small duty that has been rightly pointed out by the Senate Minority Leader. This is a procedural Motion but I have an amendment to the Motion, which is important in the sense that – as mentioned by Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o – Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has been sitting with this Committee from 31stJuly, 2015. It would not be quite complete to pass the Motion as it is. I can say without any doubt – Sen. (Prof.) Lesan is looking at me – that he has been a very important Member of this Committee, although an ex-officio, to the extent that his name had not been ratified by the Senate. Similarly, having looked at the documents involved, the court cases and the volumes of not only Kenyan law but also law regarding those territories where the Senate Majority Deputy Leader was saying agreements were signed or vehicles created, we needed more lawyers to be in the Committee. The lawyers would deal with some of the legal issues that are arising and there are many legal instruments to also look at. Therefore, the amendment was to add the following words after Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.: “with effect from 31st July, 2015”.That is the amendment that I propose. However, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is just something that I want to say generally. We are becoming a little bit too sensitive when there is an inquiry of this nature. People do not want to be oversighted ---"
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