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    "id": 1129800,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to thank God for bringing back Sen (Dr.) Mwaura. Senator, you remember very well when this happened, I came to your office and I assured you as much as God is still Almighty and Omnipotent, you will come back to the Senate. Therefore, it is high time that we thanked God who is above all of us. I remember telling you that in as much as nobody is God in this world, God will take His position and do his work. I even told you to thank God. I am not God myself because I know God is more powerful than every human being, including political parties. Secondly, I want to thank and appreciate the work of the Judiciary. This actually signals to all of us the importance of the independence of Judiciary. Imagine what could have happened if the BBI went through and reduced the powers of the Judiciary. Every one of us could now be scared of anything. I thank God and I also thank the Judiciary for being independent and expressing their minds independently. If they could be following the powers of the political parties, Sen. Mwaura could not be here today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I congratulate you for taking your position in a neutral manner and doing what is expected of you. I really appreciate you and the Senate has taken its shape and its position in decision-making. The last message that I want to say to all the nominated Members and every Member of this particular House, they can now rest assured that we are all equal. No one of is more important than the other. Yes, you are a nominated Member, but you are equal to every one of us. Rest assured that you will be protected by God and the Judiciary in case of anything. Do not think you are a lesser human being. We are all Senators and we should be protected by the law equally. So, wherever you want to make your independent decision in this House, or elsewhere, do it freely without fear of intimidation by political parties. I also thank the nominated Members who have been standing strong with Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura no matter the situation. I thank all the Senators who stood with him in this particular journey and we thank God for his come-back"
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