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    "id": 1221852,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "We are reducing the House to be a place where we are constantly defending the position of our parties and our coalitions forgetting that we were elected. On 15th September, 2022, most of us were paraded here with the help of the Clerk of the Senate and took an oath that we were beyond elections and were starting to work for the people of Kenya. I have observed this House and I know that my brother Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale thinks that some of us are young and are, therefore, naïve and do not know what we are doing in this House. Some of us came to this House because we were motivated by the stature that this House had conferred upon this nation. The idea that when the presidency, the Executive or the National Assembly sometimes had challenges, people like hon. Orengo and hon. Murkomen rose beyond party and coalition positions to stand for this nation. What we are seeing today in this House is completely unacceptable. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what Sen. Sifuna said is regrettable and completely unacceptable. I was here and observed all the chaos that were there, I will be humble and apologize on his behalf, if it is allowed. It is not acceptable, not just to engage with the Chair, but to also go ahead and have abusive language with the Chair. That said, there is a genesis for why emotions are rising high and high. I want to request our leaders to talk. Let us rise above these coalition positions and taking advantage of each other. If you remember, the reason we found ourselves in that situation is that I rose to raise an issue with the substantive Speaker to give us assurance that he will be back in the House in 30 minutes to give a ruling over a matter that has held this House hostage for the last three weeks. It is now almost---"
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