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    "id": 1038992,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Just for clarity, the County Assembly has been given four hours, which include the time for cross-examination. Limiting cross-examination is normally very difficult because of the rights of the person who stands charged and yet all of them must fit within those four hours. They are about three to 10 witnesses. There is need to have some guidance because they may take all the four hours. The Governor may not have time for cross-examination or they may have issues that they want to address and if cross- examination is also not limited, then we will end up in a very difficult situation because we are time bound. The practice in the courts normally is that you are given time to examine a witness and if they want to limit the time to examine the witness, the other side is told they have been given so many hours for cross-examination. This is for purposes of ensuring that anybody who leaves this Chamber will be satisfied that justice has been done to them and they have not been stopped in any way."
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