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    "id": 1231507,
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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": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not understand why Members are confused. This is a simple matter. Any Bill – remove the Division of Revenue Bill in mind so that you are not confused – that is brought before this House is read a First Time. Then it is committed to a Committee, which looks at the Bill. You remember the debate that we had here many times, whether we can debate a Bill before a Committee files their report or after. On many occasions, Members have said, ‘please, bring the report so that it can guide us on how we debate.’ However, when the Mover of that Bill comes to make their submissions, they move the Bill. As a Senator, you are guided by the report of the Committee. However, you do not have to agree entirely with the report. I have said that you forget the Division of Revenue Bill, so that you are not confused. On the Preservation of Human Dignity Bill, the one we have just voted in on Second Reading, I have seen the Committee recommending one thing, but I hold a different view. The same can be said of this particular Bill. Nobody is saying, as Sen. Osotsi, is making his submissions, he cannot refer to the Report of the Committee. That is what he needs to refer to because it informs our debate as Senators. In fact, as a Senator, you can rise and disagree with the Report of the Committee and say ‘I see they are proposing Kshs407 billion, but Kshs470 billion will be sufficient’ or something akin to that. I hope I have made it clearer."
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