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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second the Motion. In doing so, I want to encourage those who have been given the privilege to serve on the Speaker’s Panel to realise at all times that when they sit on the Chair of the Speaker, they temporarily cease being Members of either side of the House and preside over the proceedings of the House without fear, favour or prejudice. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in choosing our two representatives, we have carefully examined their backgrounds and their professional standing. Sen. Nyamunga is a lawyer and is in her second term in Parliament, having served the first term in the “Lower House”. I have no doubt that she will discharge her responsibilities fully. Sen. Cleophas Malala was the Deputy Speaker of the County Assembly of Kakamega before he was kicked upstairs to become a Senator and I have no doubt that with that experience, he will also assist you in presiding over the proceedings of this House. Sen. (Prof.) Kamar is not new to all of us; she is very competent, conscientious and does not carry the narrow-minded blinkers of ethnicity and other political parochialism. She is definitely going to do a very good job. I have very little to say about the gentleman, Sen. Lelegwe, but I have no doubt that those who picked on him must have also made the same considerations. I am told he was the Speaker of Samburu County Assembly so he also brings some degree of experience from his background. As I finish, I want to encourage the speakers who will be assisting you. In the last Parliament, we had one or two Members of the Panel – unfortunately one came from the side that I lead – who was extremely draconian every time he sat on the Chair. We hope that these two ladies and gentlemen will conduct themselves with absolute decorum befitting of the “Upper House” of Parliament of the Republic of Kenya. I beg to second. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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