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    "id": 1160426,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "to report progress knowing that there are people like, my Senator, Sen. Cheruiyot, who is very difficult. If he does not have the good spirit of Sen. Kibiru, for political reasons which have nothing to do with the Bill, he may try to say what Sen. Wetangula was trying to say. That he may not agree tomorrow. I do not want to anticipate. I am not a cynic or a skeptic. The basis was, that when we come to the Third Reading of the Bill, there must be evidence before this House, in a documentary form, that some progress has been made. Sen. Kibiru made it very clear. That is what is happening. I plead with you. Even if I do not come back to this House, I have an interest in a Kenya where institutions are working. I do not want a cynical Senate. I want a Senate that plays a constitutional role. What we are actually trying to do, in terms of the County Governments Grants Bill, is very important for those who manage counties. It is not just for this Senate. It is important on questions of accountability and oversight of how these grants work and how they are allocated. I plead with you. Let us take this in good spirits. Sen. Kibiru has been doing a good work and he deserves commendation. Never forget that there is somebody in this Houses called Sen. Dullo, the Senate Deputy Majority Leader. She has carried the burden of most of the oversight frustrations that we have had before. As you remember, she was doing the negotiations on our behalf with the National Treasury. All of us have that memory. That, once bitten twice shy. I plead, let us make some progress."
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