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    "id": 1210521,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I note with a lot of respect that we have many people who are serious and experienced serving in this Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you can find that there is a fire outbreak somewhere in the Aberdare. Let me not say Nairobi because somebody might read mischief. Aberdare could be burning, either accidentally or coincidentally. Why should we wait for 14 or seven days to get a response? I ask the Senate Business Committee (SBC), that when they sit to consider urgent matters, they should at least bend their rules. If that matter has been brought on a Thursday, you should order a progressive report to be brought on Tuesday’s Order Paper so that if it is an emergency, we can deal with it. The Senate should not behave like morticians, who come only to do postmortem. I appeal to committees to be proactive. Do not also go to bed with clients. I have seen some committees are excited and want to be proactive but at the end of the day, they interfere with some cases by going to bed with the clients. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have curiously noted that the majority side has no problem. As I make my concluding remarks, I would like to inform my very good brother and the Senate Minority Leader, whom we look up to because of his seniority that some serious names that were there are missing. I think it is not fair for people to serve shortly, for a session like the Senate Minority Whip, Sen. Dullo. These are people who have experience. I think she has served for almost the entire life of the Senate. Therefore, I appeal to our colleagues and Section 14 of Political Parties Act is very clear that if somebody resigns from a political party, there is a procedure. I appeal to the minority side to follow the rule of law. You have been going to public rallies and telling us to respect the rule of law. Why should you then bend the rule of law? I am happy that Sen. Kavindu Muthama is in the Senate Business Committee because we need that experience. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even Martin Luther King said---"
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