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    "id": 1221840,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, I would have liked to make my contributions when Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is in the House. However, let me proceed. I have already made my views on what happened this afternoon, which is regrettable. We all know that before there is calm, there is always a storm. The way the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot, is beckoning to me, when a flight is taking off, there is always turbulence. However, after the turbulence, there will always be calm. I do not know whether in the history of Parliament; not the Senate, there is any elected Member who has stood up to invoke Standing Order No.123 against a colleague. That is the reason I wanted Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to be here. In the history of the Parliament of Kenya, I do not think that there is any Senator or any elected Member of Parliament who has ever invoked that Standing Order against his colleague. I ask Sen. (Dr) Khalwale to reflect and be calm because we are setting precedents. I have go through 360 degrees in my professional career. The oppressed have come to me as a lawyer and I have represented them. Those who are in power have also come to me to represent them. When you are digging a hole, warn yourself that tomorrow, you may enter the same hole. If we set a precedent where we, as colleagues, want to - let me use the word ‘finish’ - each other. We want to invoke Standing Orders to ‘finish’ our colleagues; that is being over emotional. These disagreements do happen. Some of us who were in this Parliament last, we saw them. I mentioned the way I used to see serious exchanges between Sen. Orengo and Sen. Murkomen. However, there was a way that the Speaker would always guide the deliberations. I appeal to Sen. (Dr) Khalwale not set to a precedent where tomorrow if I see Sen. Cherarkey who I saw him a bit emotional some three months ago, if he becomes over emotional, I invoke Standing Order No.123. Tomorrow we may not greet each other. We will now convert this House into a House of enemies. That is not what we want to do. We have Muslims and Christians here. The Bible says that we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. As Sen. Cherarkey has stated, Sen. Sifuna, was not even warned before punishment was meted on him this afternoon. The Standing Orders dictate that before you eject him, you warn him first. If he persists, then you evict him."
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