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    "id": 1215307,
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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": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion that has been brought by the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, requesting us, as a House, to approve the nomination, after successful interview of Hon. Johnson Nduya Muthama, by the Parliamentary Service Commission itself. He is a former colleague whom we served with in this House. He was quite an interesting Member. He actually made most of his contributions in Kiswahili. I enjoyed debating him those days, together with my colleague, who is now on this side of the House, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Then, they sat on the opposite side of the isle. They kept Government in check as it was expected of them those days. As political fate would have it, we are now together batting for the same team. Mr. Speaker, Sir, until very few weeks ago, Sen. Muthama quit as the Chairperson of the party that I belong to, the United Democratic Alliance, to pursue his dreams of representing members of the public in PSC. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are two positions reserved for one man and woman as per the dictates of Article 127 of our Constitution. The drafters of our Constitution felt that even inside PSC, which is made up of insiders of Parliament that, include the Speaker of National Assembly and Members drawn from both sides, there was need to have two members of the public, who would infuse and bring the public perception and views into"
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