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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "two Houses of the Parliament worked tirelessly under very difficult circumstances. Sometimes not agreeing at all. Not seeing eye-to-eye and even proceeding to court to challenge some of the things that were done. We have also gone through months of COVID-19 pandemic and we braved it under your own supervision and guidance. This House managed to wade through COVID-19 lockdowns and when we had a chance, you taught us to obey the regulations in 2019 and we did. Thus, we survived the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the House that has come out of it purified and strengthened. Time in the Parliament gave us opportunities to bond as Senate. In spite of our political divides, we accorded each other respect, decorum and focus on the most important mandate of the House to attend Petitions, Statements and Bills, among others, aimed at the betterment of the House. We know each other better now. After five years, we know who will be afraid to say things and those who would stand up to challenge. All those are attributes of a Legislature; we did not always have to agree. We can remember the times when we did not even agree at all even from the side. Those of us from the same side did not agree during the division of revenue formula at one point. That did not remove any of the values that we had for each other. I do not want to take long to speak today. It is just that I have chance to say thank you to some people in a particular way. I like to use this opportunity to single out the Speaker of the Senate and say thank you for the way you and I have worked. I presume that we sharpened each other. I can say that as iron sharpens iron, you and I, in my roles, in your roles, we have sharpened each other. I agree that we have come out better people. I would like also to single out the Senate Minority Leader in the House, Sen. James Orengo, whom all things being equal and things favouring him, he might be the next Governor of Siaya County. That means that from this House, and I do recognize all the other Members who are aspiring to be governors from this House. The Governor of Nairobi City County, the man from the northern most point, the Senator for Wajir County, Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri who is also going for Governor of Kisii County and all the others. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know when Sen. Cherargei will go for Governor. Maybe the next term. All those people who are going to be governors will take some experience and richness from this Senate. Those of us who are running for various positions in the National Assembly and others who will be nominated. Wherever their stations will be, they will remember this Parliament and this Senate. I say thank you for the way we did our work which was bipartisan. I thank the team in leadership in the Minority side that was led by Sen. Orengo. The team of Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., Sen. Kwamboka and Sen. Madzayo. I also thank the team in leadership of the Majority side as well. I want to single out the Deputy Majority Leader, Sen. Dullo, who I know is campaigning to come back here. The other one is the indomitable Sen. Farhiya who has worked so hard and she has always been present to represent us. From our side, we have two Whips who left office. Therefore, I would like to thank Sen. Kanga’ta and Sen. Wamatangi."
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