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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, thank you. I will do so. As I said, I really appreciate my colleagues. They took time this afternoon out of their busy break to come and transact business on behalf of the millions of Kenyans who depend on tea farming. I appreciate every one of you because this has been a two years journey that we have walked together as a House. It has nothing to do with me as a person, but everything to do with Senate. The fact that we passed the Motion that set up the ad hoc Committee. Madam Deputy Speaker, we went round the country. I think we visited almost 13 counties listening to the views of the farmers. They pleaded with us and there is nothing more difficult than when citizens of our Republic cry out to you and you are a leader. In short, what they were saying was if they were in our positions, perhaps they would have thought for a solution. It is out of that realization that we came back as a Committee and worked on the Bill and rolled it out on the Floor of this House. We completed it last year and it has gone through the motions of Parliament. We have been caught in between all the tribulations that many of the Bills that come from the Senate face with regard to Articles 110 and 114 of the Constitution.We appreciate each and every parliamentary officer because of the dedicated contribution to the work that they have done for us to ensure that this Bill sees the light of the day. Madam Deputy Speaker, we appreciate our colleagues in the National Assembly for the work they did on this Bill. On many occasions, we do not have very kind words for them because they are our aggressors most of the time in the disputes that we have between both Houses."
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