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    "id": 1261974,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg tom move the following Motion - THAT, notwithstanding the resolutions of the Senate, made on 16th February, 2023 and 29th March 2023 (Approval of the Senate Calendar), pursuant to Standing Order No.32(4) the Senate resolves to alter its calendar (Regular Sessions) for the Second Session 2023 in respect of Part IV to resume from the recess period on Tuesday the 18th July 2023 and that the Senate Calendar (Regular Sessions) for the second session 2023 be altered accordingly. Mr. Speaker, sir, you know that in the month of February, we all agree on the calendar of the Senate on which months or weeks we shall be seated in the Plenary for both morning sittings on Wednesday and afternoons Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We have so far stuck to that calendar dutifully. There has been good participation by Members of this House. We have passed a record number of Bills. Later on, on Thursday in my Statement Hour, I will give a comparison of where the previous Senates had been at this time, nine months into their life and where this current is compared to what we have done so far. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to celebrate and appreciate all distinguished colleagues who have found time to participate in the activities of the House, ensure that they are present to vote for Motions and debates and have in one way or the other made serious contributions. I must appreciate that the last few weeks have been quite an interesting spectre in the Senate watching colleague Senators debate on the various Bills, something that was missing and I had noted and brought it to the attention of our colleagues during one of my state of the weekly addresses. We were missing a key ingredient of what makes Parliament to be Parliament which is debates on issues that affect the lives of the people that we represent and giving different perspectives on various matters. Apart from passing the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (CARB), the Division of Revenue Allocation Bill (DORB), Additional Allocation are what I consider to be ordinary work. The additional work that defines us, as a Senate, is legislation that Members craft, taken through by the various committees, brought here before this House refined by debate, voted through Second and Third Reading, go to the Lower House, processed and comes back and then assented to. We then begin the beautiful work of transforming the lives of people courtesy of legislation that has been done in this House. Nothing should be more satisfying to a legislator other than what I have just described. I have lived through it and I know how it feels. The recognition that a Member can get when you walk into a particular sector and people respect you and tell you: “Thank you, Sen. Prof. Tom Ojienda. If it were not for your intervention via Bill XYZ,"
}