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    "id": 1139138,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1139138/?format=api",
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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": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, let me wish everybody a happy new year and hope that for the rest of the tenure of this Senate, we will deliver in accordance to our mandate and the Constitution. I thank the Senator for Elgeyo-Marakwet County. He should have noticed that all there is today for purposes of this Bill is to have it read for the first time. There is nothing on the Order Paper that shows that the Second Reading will come in the proceedings of this special sitting. For the information of the Senator, I think the Senate Business Committee (SBC) in its consideration of this matter, emphasized the need to go through the entire constitutional and legal processes, including the directions in the Standing Orders. On the question of public participation, I think every lawyer is aware that the courts have put a high premium on the question of public participation. Maybe this point should have been brought out by the Senate Majority Leader, but I have been party to the deliberations partly chaired by you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Speaker, Sir, since you may not be able to speak on a matter that may attract debate, under your leadership, there was direction that this Bill be discussed comprehensively, thoroughly and robustly. That is the way the Senate should go. As to the decision at the end, that is left to the House siting in plenary or otherwise. So, there should be no doubt about that. I thank you."
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