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    "id": 1209687,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Bill that originated from the National Assembly. I agree with my colleagues who have said that we need to employ a bipartisan approach to this matter. The Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, Sen. Cheptumo, usually reminds me that when he was the Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (JLAC), he was not very kind to the Senate. As fate would have it, he is now a Member of the Senate and he really regrets that. I would not want to regret later that I participated in legislating a law that I will not be proud of in future. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is one of the most important selection panel in the country. It will require a lot of convincing from the Chairman of JLAC and his team as to why he wants to limit the powers of the Parliamentary Service Commission and reduce our numbers. Initially, the proposal was four, then two and now it is one. We need to have two from the Parliamentary Service Commission so that we can have one for the Majority side and one for the Minority side. There was a second proposal which came from the leading political parties. A comment was made by the Leader of the Majority that Senators who are sitting on the Government side, I will give an example of Sen. Kinyua who joined the Senate as a member of the Jubilee Party which was the Majority side then. He completed that term while still being a member of the Jubilee Party but on the Minority side. There were other members of the Jubilee Party in the Majority side. We may not know what will happen"
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