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    "id": 1252324,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1252324/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13588,
        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I am a neighbour to Siaya County, and I have been monitoring keenly what is happening in Siaya. This is now an opportunity for the Senate to exercise its mandate and give the people of Siaya the justice they are looking for. I agree with the sentiments raised by the Senate Majority Leader, that we need to exercise a lot of care as Senators, so that we do not extend the debate on this matter outside this Chamber. When this matter was being processed in the county assembly, I heard some Senators making comments that are likely to jeopardize the process. I request my colleagues to desist from making comments on this process until it is concluded, so that the Senate is respected as a House. We have Members who said that when this Motion comes before us, this is what we are going to do, yet they have not looked at the evidence before them. It does not position the Senate well in the eyes of Kenyans. I urge the Special Committee to be objective, look at the evidence they have and make the right decision for the people of Siaya County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to make a comment on the membership of the Committee without talking about what has been discussed earlier about the Jubilee Party. If I look at the membership, I can see three Members of the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPIC) and two Members of the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) who have been proposed to sit on that Committee. Moving forward, we must consider busy committees like CPAC and CPIC, so that we do not have many of our Members sitting on such committees, thereby derailing our work which is a lot. I raised the same matter in the Shakahola case, where four Members of my Committee had been proposed. It really affects our work. Whips, in future, when you look at the membership, consider committee representation of Members that you propose. Otherwise, you will end up disorganizing our schedule and affecting our performance as a Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support that we go the committee way because it is the cleanest and the most efficient way to handle this matter. If you bring it in the Plenary, it means that other processes that we do as a House will be derailed. The smoothest way is to go the committee way. I urge---"
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