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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader (",
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    "content": "Sen. Cheruiyot): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is part of a very beautiful tradition of this House where on each afternoon, we receive visiting delegations from different parts of the world and country. I will begin with the distinguished delegation from the Parliament of Zambia. Zambia has been a prominent part of the discussion in this House this week. I wish they were here to listen to the contributions of many of us who stood here to celebrate their success in agriculture and the need for us, as a country, to emulate many of their practices. I know Zambia, as a country, continues to engage at an equal level with the Parliament of Kenya on so many fronts. During my time at Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), we received two or three visiting delegations of staff or Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Parliament of Zambia each year on different fronts. I wish them well during the duration of their stay here. I love Zambia most for a football icon that I grew up watching, Kalusha Bwalya. Right now, he serves as the President of their Football Federation. If you know him in person, tell him that Africans who follow African football celebrate him up to date. I do not know whether you have this but he achieved the feat of being the only African, up to date, who has been ranked as a competitor for the global FédérationInternationale de Football Association (FIFA) Men’s player of the ear while playing for a non-European club. That tells you how good that gentleman was. I also appreciate the visiting delegation from our county assemblies who are on a study at the CPST. I served on the Board of CPST for five good years. Therefore, I know the impact that this institution continues to have both in our Parliament and in our county assemblies. Various county assemblies send their Members or staffers to come to interact and learn. We developed many courses over the course of the last five years that continue to enrich and empower our staffers and our county assemblies. As the Senate Majority Leader, I wish, as the Senate, we would take time to listen to the good trainings at CPST instead of planning trips out of the country to go and be trained by East African Parliamentary Institute (EAPI) and other agencies."
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