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    "id": 1175894,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. William Cheptumo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senator for Baringo County",
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": " Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I congratulate you on your election as our Speaker. In 2007, we were together with you in this Chamber during the Grand Coalition Government. I also served with you in the Cabinet and, thereafter, you served as a governor for two terms. You are a member of the legal profession. This House is lucky to have you as our Speaker. Having held sessions with you to walking part of the journey with you, I am confident that this House will benefit from your experience and leadership, together with my colleague the Deputy Speaker whom I was with in the National Assembly for two terms. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you are coming on board at a very critical time in our country when we have a new Government, which is clear on how it would like to drive this country forward. There will be a number of laws to be passed by this House and the National Assembly. With your directions and leadership, I am very certain that our President will move this country forward because as a House, we are going to help him to ensure that the relevant laws we pass will see the light of day. I listened to your acceptance speech and you assured the country and these Members that you are going to ensure that devolution thrives because that is the way to go. We are going to give you the necessary support. When I was in the other House, I chaired the Committee on Delegated Legislation. There were a number of areas where this House wanted to be facilitated to perform its functions. With the new spirit, I hope that you and your brother on the other side will agree to work together. The sideshows and competition as to which is the ‘Upper House’, which we know, is of course this one or the ‘Lower House’ shall be a thing of the past. We want to pass laws, regulations and rules for posterity. With the guidance of your leadership, I believe this country will witness a very progressive Government, which is going to be led by Dr. William Samoei Ruto, a man who has come from very---"
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