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    "id": 1232466,
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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. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am proud of the work of all Committees of the Senate, unlike my friend Sen. Sifuna, who has chosen to be proud of the work of Committees that are chaired by Members of the Minority Side alone. It is good to belong to the Majority side; but it is greater to belong to the Senate. That is my thinking. In that regard, I celebrate the work that has been done by the Chairs of CPAC, CPIC and the Committee on Delegated Legislation. Very important points are being raised by colleagues here on the Floor. One, is the issue of standardisation of reports by various county governments when they appear before both our Committees. That is something worth considering by Committees by way of regulations. The Committee can consider a standard letter, such that when an invitation to appear goes to various county governments, then there should be a standard way in which they respond to those issues. There are proposals to amend various statutes and laws as raised by Sen. M. Kajwang’, the Chair of the CPAC. As a committee, given that the legislative powers is within us as a House, we should not spend a lot of time. This is one such incident where as Chairpersons of Committees, apart from issuing Statements saying that we find these laws in conflict or non-consonant with our practices as a House, this is our proposal. We should see an amendment tabled before the House, saying that for this reason, this"
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