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    "id": 1202863,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "respect it. Now, what we need to do is to really put the President on toes, so that he can deliver on the promises that he made to the people of Kenya. Yesterday, I heard an assertion from the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot, Senator for Kericho County, that this Senate will have a very close working relationship and goodwill from President William Ruto. I hope that the President will invoke the provisions of our Standing Orders that give him a leeway to come and address the Senate – not Parliament – as a House. I hope that during his tenure, he will take advantage of that Standing Orders and come and address the House. It is good to come and have lunch within Parliament, but we wish him to appear before us, so that he addresses issues that are of concern to the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have read his speech. How I wish his actions can match the contents of his speech. The President tells us that we should not give a lot of grounding to ethnic mobilisation and rewards in our politics. I have gone through the names of the 22 CSs. I am surprised that there are a number of small ethnic minorities in this country which have never had an opportunity of having a CS appointed since Independence. I am talking about ethnic minorities like the Kurias. In the entire six counties of the former Nyanza Province, the Kuria sub-tribe has consistently supported the political party under which the current President has either run for office as a running mate of His Excellency the retired President Uhuru Kenyatta, or under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA). The two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Kuria East and Kuria West constituencies did not get a CS appointed from that sub-tribe. We saw the effort, time and investment that Gov. Nanok gave to His Excellency the President, yet there is no CS from the Turkana sub-tribe. We saw the efforts of the Taitas and Tesos. On the other hand, when you go to central Kenya - I have nothing against my brothers from central Kenya, the Kikuyus - the President is telling us not to place a lot of premium on one ethnic group. Why should we have one ethnic group producing the Deputy President (DP) and seven CSs, to the exclusion of these other minorities?"
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