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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I will try and be brief as a follow up to your guidance. Like the rest of my colleagues who have shared their concerns with the Communication from the Speaker earlier on this morning if one was in the House at that time, they will recall a number of us were fairly agitated and wanted to make a contribution immediately after he communicated. We felt that something was amiss; there was something not so right about the Speaker of a House. He should attend as many meetings as possible at State House, but when we receive Communication from him of a meeting that this House did not sanction, we cannot be bound by decisions made in such a meeting, and be brought as a Communication before a Motion of this magnitude is discussed in this House. Therefore, as a House, we are bound to be worried. The colleagues that have spoken of that matter in my honest opinion are rightfully within their place to speak so and to send a strong message from the Floor of this House that the Calendar of Parliament is not something that can be amended and discussed in any other meeting anywhere else in this Republic. The right and proper thing that should have been done was to bring a Motion such as the one that has been brought by the leadership then we have a discussion as a House as it is happening this afternoon. I too register my disappointment and I hope our Speaker takes note and realizes that it is not something that should be treated casually. Secondly, Kenyans are looking up to us. I am sure many of them are watching what is going on, on the Floor of this House this afternoon. They want direction from us. So many things have gone wrong in the country. It will be unfortunate if the people they have bestowed the responsibility to ensure that at least they speak up for them and ensure the Executive does not chicken out of the problem and hide as is being proposed before us. It will be so unfortunate if as a House, we do not speak coherently about the many questions that Kenyans continue to ask in furtherance to that address by the President. If you watch the news - I do not know how many of us are keen to listen to things Kenyans say - immediately after the President gave that address last week on Friday, Kenyans were asking so many basic questions which any leader that cares for the people that sent him to this House, should have been concerned about. For instance, people were asking basic questions such as closing institutions of learning and giving people two to three hours to be within restricted zones of the country. How were people supposed to move? That is what is happening in our country. If we do not put our foot down as the House that is supposed to oversight the Executive, things are going to get worse. People have spoken and shared their concerns that if Nairobi and the other four counties that have been declared to be disease zones are areas where they should not move in or out of, what is the plan? Closing down Nairobi and its environs will not take"
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