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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, you know very well that as my teacher at the university, I followed all your instructions keenly. Therefore, I do not intend to change that today. I agree with the wisdom of our senior colleague, Sen. Wetangula, that while we may have divergent views on maybe one or two issues, the document largely reflects the views of many of us in this House, if not all of us, especially where they have dwelt on provisions of the Senate. Article 123 is such an important Article, perhaps, the most important. Perhaps, it is stronger than Article 96 that establishes the Senate. Why do I say this? I say this because having been in this House for fairly some good time, each time you see the Whips of this House move around and look for that magical number “24”, it should always stick somewhere at the back of your mind that they are looking for half the country to agree on a particular issue. If you water down the provisions of Article 123 such that just by a decision of even the loudest of “Ayes” carry any particular issue, including very important issues as to the existence of a nation, then you are beginning to erode the gains that we have made as a society since 1963. Therefore, I agree with the proposals largely. I am one of those who agree 100 per cent, if I was to quantify my agreement with the propositions that have come from this Committee. Another very important provision, and I beg to have the attention of our colleagues, women Senators who strongly feel about this issue where every time we discuss the provision where there is a proposal to move what are currently referred as Women Representatives to the Senate, that do not reduce it to be a gender issue. In fact, 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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