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    "id": 1191429,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1191429/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move – THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 34(4)(b), the Senate resolves to hold a Sitting on Thursday, 17th November, 2022, commencing at 9.30 a.m. and terminating not later than 2.15 p.m., for purposes of the election of Members to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) and any other business as maybe approved by the Senate Business Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you recall the 2017 election, we voted late into the night, and you understand that it was not primarily because of us as the Senate because we are only 67 of us. The whole process of counting and ballot casting does not take more than an hour on our side, but it will take long in the National Assembly. In 2017, the National Assembly counted late into the night. The eventual winners are a joint tally of the votes that one gets in both Houses. We need to conclude our process, so that our colleagues in the National Assembly can also carry--- I believe they have a similar Motion which they will begin voting for that morning, so that by Four or Five O’clock, or even earlier, we should have already known who the Kenyan EALA representatives for the next five years are."
}