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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I completely agree with the Senate Minority Leader. If it were as he has explained, then I would agree with him. Unfortunately, that is not what happened in this Chamber. When Sen. Mundigi rose to speak, the Minority side was actually heckling him. It was because of the heckling and the noise that was being made that he missed your instructions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you know very well that Sen. Mundigi is extremely respectful. Anytime you, as the Speaker, has guided him on what to do, he has always respected you. The issue is that when he was speaking, Sen Olekina and Sen. Oketch Gicheru were engaging him in a shouting match. Therefore, he did not realise that you were on your feet. Secondly, this is why I agree with the verdict on Sen. Sifuna. The day I will directly engage you, as the Speaker of this House, please throw me out for as long as it is possible by law. The Speaker is the symbol of authority in this House. If Sen Mundigi had stood here and you had told him to sit down and he engaged you and told you that he was not going to sit down, you could have been right to throw him out even for a month but that is not what he did. He may not have heard you clearly and that is why he continued engaging with that side. Let us paint a situation where you, as a Senator, want to challenge the authority of the Speaker seated there and engage him in a shouting match without being given the opportunity to speak. I do not think there is any debate for that particular matter. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with your verdict but the fact remains that Sen. Mundigi did not contravene any of your guidance. He did not shout back at you, and he was respectful to the Speaker unlike our colleague Sen. Sifuna."
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