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    "id": 1196876,
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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": "The point I was making is that, as a House, we demanded to sit in the County Roads, Transport and Public Works Committee as Senators. This is because we cannot oversight the operation of the county governments, if the situation is such that roads are done by the county governments while the national Government continues to put money on the same. Therefore, it made lots of sense. I look forward to a time when, either by policy proposition or through legislative proposal to this House, the Senate will accede to that request and accept Senators to be part and parcel of the County Roads, Transport and Public Works Committee so that we oversight and ensure that Kenyans get value for their money. Finally, I remember that we have Sen. Soipan, who has also been nominated to the Cabinet. I had wished that she would be here this afternoon, so that we give her farewell and wish her well. I counted the number of Members in the Cabinet and thought that may be the President loves this House more than the other. It is a dangerous statement to make. However, if you count the number of Senators that will be in this Cabinet, including our colleague Sen. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki, who has been a leader in this House, Sen. Linturi, Sen. Soipan and Sen. Murkomen, I see a complete departure from the past, where the Senate was looked down upon when it came to appointments into the Cabinet."
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