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    "id": 1169509,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, what Sen. Olekina has done is not good for the Senate. It is important that we set the record straight. We do not want to run afoul with our neighboring countries. When you look at Standing Order No.96, it talks about the content of speeches. It states as follows: “Neither the personal conduct of the President, nor the conduct of the Speaker or any Judge, nor the judicial conduct of any other person performing judicial functions, nor any conduct of the Head of State or government (we are discussing the Tanzanian government) or the representative in Kenya of any friendly country or the conduct of the holder of an office whose removal from such office is dependent upon the decision of the Senate shall be referred to adversely, except upon a specific substantive Motion of which at least three days’ notice has been given.” So that I know the Tanzanian Government is watching and you serving as a senior civil servant in this Republic, it is not fair to discuss the issues of another country on this Floor before there is a proper Motion. Therefore, it is important that we set the record straight so that our Tanzanian brothers and sisters do not imagine that the Senate of the Republic of Kenya was in any way having a discussion on the situation in Tanzania without a proper Motion before this House. Therefore, I wanted to underscore your ruling and support what you have just indicated that the Standing Orders of the Senate have provided a crystal-clear process on such. We empathize and sympathize with what is happening to the Maasais of Tanzania but there is a proper channel on how those issues can be handled and be discussed at a different level. I wish Sen. Olekina could take the advice and not go in that direction."
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