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    "id": 1179619,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so that you can rule on this matter of quorum once and for all as per Standing Order Nos.39 and 40, we have to appreciate that you are the Senator of Meru County. You sit here as such and you are also the Senate Deputy Speaker. We need your ruling and guidance that when you are sitting there and we have 14 Senators, should we include you as the 15th Senator in order to give quorum? It is important as you rule tomorrow that you give us a concise, precise and comprehensive ruling. This is because we have a number of Members of the Speaker’s Panel such as Sen. Abdul Haji who is in the House and others. If they sit as Temporary Speakers who preside over the Sessions and we have 14 Senators where do we draw the line? Kindly give us a ruling so that in future when you are sitting there, we count you as the Senator for Meru County. When we are voting, the Chairpersons though presiding in the Committee of the Whole, always participates in the voting despite being the Deputy Speaker, the Chairperson or are in the Speaker’s Panel."
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