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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "I have taken time to see the Report of the Committee that has been tabled here. There are various proposals some of which disturb me. Sen. Okiya Omtatah reduced the PSC from four to two. Now the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights want to reduce it from two to one. It will take a lot of convincing for me to agree wo that proposal that wants us to legislate ourselves out of work. Surely, how can one be a Member of Parliament and not believe we can rise above petty partisan politics and do that which is good for the country? Anyway, we will make that decision in the afternoon when we are doing the Committee of the Whole. I would wish to listen to the argument, especially by Members of Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, to convince us how they want to spread these 7 Members. This is because if you speak about the rank of the instructions that are being listed there, to me, the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) is the most accommodative because it had both Members of Majority and Minority. When you speak about the interreligious council, this country is unique because we have members of the Christian faith, Muslims and Hindu. I believe when they sit and we give them two slots, they will agree, pick a Christian and perhaps one of the others; either Hindu, Muslim, Rastafarian or the one Sen. Sifuna professes of Jehova Wanyonyi. It is important, because we are talking about religion, to let it not be one religion that is proposing. The rest can be followed. I do not intend to take much time because I see it is far much spent and I know we must conclude on this business by 12.30 p.m. if we want to move on to the second stage. With those many remarks, I beg to move and request Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, the Majority Whip to second and guide us on to the next stage."
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