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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have gone full circle. This is a very interesting debate. If I were to be honest, and I want to be as candid as I can be, I am a bit confused on this topic. I have defended both sides of this debate. I have been on the side of ‘Parliament cannot be injuncted’. I used to shout so loudly when seated where Sen. Kinyua is for many years because that was the vogue word. That is the thing that I heard when I first came to this House, being said during the impeachment of Deputy Governor Kiala. We said that Parliament cannot be injuncted. Therefore, we enjoyed many times. Every time there were court orders that were brought before the Speakers, we took a very firm position until one bright sunny morning when the retired President Uhuru Kenyatta decided to remove our colleagues; Sen. Kihika and Sen. Murkomen. We rushed to court, secured the orders, brought them before the Speaker and then, we were quickly reminded that Parliament cannot be injuncted. Here we are; a practice that we had established so strongly and used to be defenders of. Despite having a valid court order presented to the Senate Speaker, Hon. Lusaka, in minutes, received a phone call. I have never seen my good friend, the Speaker, shake as he did that morning. He quickly dashed to the House and communicated the changes. That gave me a different view to this conversation about ‘the House cannot -----"
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