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    "id": 1011786,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Having said that, we give the Government the benefit of doubt. We wish our teachers all the best and our students who are going back to school on Monday. I hope our Committee on Education will monitor. I am concerned in my county that the facilities are not enough. Maybe now that it is just three classes that are reopening, it could work, but I do not think there has been enough preparedness. Reopening schools is not just announcing a date. We will continue oversight. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this and thank the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Poghisio. He became the Senate Majority Leader in this tumultuous Session. He got baptism by fire, but I want to assure him that from the Majority side, we have a lot of confidence in him as our Majority Leader. He needs to know that even when there are situations where we may not agree, we still consider him as our Majority Leader. The same applies to our Senate Majority Whip. As they continue learning on the job, fortunately, Sen. Poghisio has been in this House for long. The other day I said that it was before I was born, and I think I was right. He has been in Parliament and seen it. There is nothing new under the sun. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, take heart. Sen. Malalah, Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at and I, in politics the late Masinde Muliro used to say that we must be ready for three things. One, is to be arrested, two, is to go broke or three, to die. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. Let us put everything that happened behind us. Let us forget and forgive and come back together as one team; the Senate of the Republic of Kenya that has a role that has not been amended in the Constitution. It is not just to protect the interests of our counties because our counties make up this country, but to protect the interests of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support."
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