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    "id": 1208340,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1208340/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is interesting to have Sen. Okiya Omtatah here. At some point, he will have to draw a line and this is with no ill will, malice or bad intent on him. He has carved a space for himself as a public interest litigant, but now he has another platform. Back then, he did not have a platform that he could perhaps raise some of these issues. Senator, you now have a premium platform as a Member of Parliament (MP) and so, somebody may say that you have a double chance in life; that you can raise issues in court as well as the Floor of the House. I do not think many Kenyans have such privilege, which is a good thing, anyway, if you look at it that way. I mentioned that this House has handled impeachment of governors many times. This is not the first time. By my calculation, it should be the 11th or 12th time. I am yet to get the right numbers. In the First Senate - 11th Parliament - we handled six impeachments. Five of them were through Committee and only one was by Plenary; that of the late Governor of Nyeri County, hon. Nderitu Gachagua. All the other five impeachment proceedings such as the impeachment of Gov. Martin Nyaga Wambora, both the first and the second, were handled by way of"
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