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    "id": 1146670,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I want to give this assurance to the Nation that we shall do peaceful, gender-oriented and respectful campaigns. We shall respect and engage our competitors on issue-oriented politics. I want to call upon our competitors, the Azimio brigade to also engage in issue- based politics, preach peace and also accept and concede defeat when we give them a resounding defeat on 9th of August 2022. I want to wish success to my colleagues Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, our sister, Sen. (Dr.) Musurve, colleagues who are running for governor, others who are defending their seats, like myself, and other colleagues who are going to run for seats in the National Assembly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish you well as you receive the higher calling of going back to serve your people of Bungoma. As Kenya Kwanza, we are praying for you and we will support you where necessary. As colleagues, we should also put each other in prayers. Being a politician comes with causalities of high blood pressure and confusion. You can even temporarily lose your mind. I would like to appeal to our colleagues that even as we proceed, in future, Parliament and Senate should put in place a counselling department, so that some of the people who lose an election do not imagine it is the end of the world. I hope that the Secretariat is noting this as part of the package in future. It is good that the Chairman of the Committee on Health is here. We need to encourage each other that even if you have lose an election, it is not the end of the world. The Bible says that when one door closes, several others open. We wish the colleagues who did not succeed well in their endeavours and assure them. God willing, if we will be in government, we shall ensure that we hold their hands to ensure that they continue serving this country in different capacities. With those many remarks, I wish to thank the people of Nandi for allowing and nominating me to fly the United Democratic Alliance Senatorial flag on 9th August, 2022. That is a clear indication of confidence in my leadership. I will endeavour to serve them,"
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