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    "id": 1220796,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Up to now, we have not made a decision. We leave it to the House. That is why I want as many Senators as possible to speak to this House and send an invite. Of course, I would have wished that Kericho be next on line but it will appear very selfish of me as the Senate Majority Leader. I know there are other opportunities that people can get to travel to that particular county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, I urged Members of Senate Business Committee (SBC) - and I want to plead with this House - that there are certain corners of this country where unless we take the Senate Mashinani there, Members of the Senate will never step in those areas. These are the far-flung areas; areas where Sen. Lomenen or even Sen. Kamau from Lamu come from. These are areas like Marsabit and Isiolo; very far flung parts of this country that for one reason or the other, you find that colleague Senators have never been there. It is not possible that you are a Senator in the Senate of the Republic of Kenya and just know about Nairobi and your home county. This is one such opportunity that affords us the chance to interact with members of certain counties that for some reason, perhaps you have only read about them in Geography, History and Civics and have never set foot in places like Wajir and different parts of the country. This is the only chance. We told the leadership and the management of the Senate that do not give us long stories that there are no hotels in Turkana. No problem. We will go there and sleep in tents if that is what it takes for the people of Turkana to see their beloved Senators. If it is in Lamu, we will cross over using those boats that Sen. Kamau uses every other weekend and spend there. Of course, there are many reasons why we will consider. I know your own county of Garissa is well blessed with natural resources and maybe some of our colleagues here have never had an opportunity to travel there. This is the only chance and opportunities that we can afford them. Therefore, I want to urge colleague, Senators, that we pass this Motion and agree then we shall find ways and means. We shall send a team made up of Senators and members of staff to go on a scouting expedition, perhaps nominate three up to five counties, come back and give us feedback. Then, as a leadership and together with you as colleague Senators, we will take a decision of a program for the next three or four years of which counties we shall visit. I want to urge colleague Senators to pass this Motion and set the ball rolling so that we prepare to be outside of Nairobi in September and interact with the various cultures and the beauty of this country."
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