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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "Committee, that has been selected, has debated and come up with a report, it is the Plenary that will make a decision on the basis of the report that it will present before the House. For purposes of comfort of the women Senators here, I would like to bring to the attention of the Hon. Sen. Orwoba that the women and men in this House are all equal. We cannot speak hot on one side and cold on the other side. We cannot say we are equal on one side and on the other side say that we are unable to advance the interests of the other gender because of the lesser number. I am convinced that the team has not necessarily been picked on the basis of gender. They have been picked because they are Senators, qualified Members of this House and they will prosecute the issue that is before the Senate. Therefore, for her comfort, the three Members of the Committee are competent enough and they will take the issue beyond their gender and that of the candidate, who is the Governor of Meru County. If we take our emotions beyond the issues which we are supposed to discuss, we will as a matter of fact forget about the charges and will instead deal with the issue of whether it is a woman or a man. I support the setting up of the Committee because at the end of it all, we, as a House, will pass the report in the Plenary. We will discuss and comment on it as to whether they have met the threshold or not. The choice that the leadership made was not plucked from nowhere. It is provided for in the Standing Orders of this House. That choice has been given because it is better. The people of Meru County are looking up to this House to make a just decision on the charges that have been brought against their Governor. I support the Motion. I thank you."
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