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    "id": 1270205,
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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": "Third is the Senate Standing Committee on Education, Sen.Joe Nyutu. With Members of the Standing Committee on Education, you have two Petitions that are due for reporting. I see Senator, ‘Captain’ Sen. Ali Roba in the House. I will be glad to inform him that your Committee has one Petition that is due for reporting. It is already out of time. So please, do that which is required. Though we have commended you, Sen. Wakili Sigei, you have two Petitions that are due for reporting before the House. We hope that you can conclude on them because you are already out of time. The same can be said of Sen. Rachel Murgor and Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Labor and Social Welfare. Sen. Methu with Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources have two petitions that are before them that are already time bound. Last but not least - I did not see him today - is Sen. Thang’wa and all the Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Transport, Roads and Housing. They have four Petitions that are already out of time and they need to report. I hope the Senators that I have listed and the Members of those committees expedite on reporting of these Petitions so that Kenyans can continue to believe in the power and the place of the Senate in resolving many of these issues. As I said earlier while speaking to one of the Petitions that was presented to this House, Petitions are increasingly becoming popular as a way of seeking resolutions of matters of public interest. People are filing many petitions with this House. I hope that our committees can work diligently to ensure that we do not disappoint Kenyans or dash their hopes as a look up to us for resolution of matters. On matters of Statements, there are 142 Statements that are pending conclusion by the various Standing Committee. I urge these committees to expeditiously consider the Statements before them and to table the reports pursuant to the various Standing Orders. Madam Temporary Speaker, at a meeting of the SBC held on Tuesday, the 26th July, 2023, the Committee approved the next set of Questions to appear in the Order Paper for Wednesday, 2nd August, 2023 - morning Sitting. That is for various Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) to come and respond to. I have seen subsequently further Questions that have been filed by various Members. There is a Question by Sen. (Dr.) Murango to the CS for Water, Sanitation and another one to the CS for Environmental Change and Forestry. A Question by Sen. (Dr.) Murango to the CS for Gender and Affirmative Action. Lastly, a Question to the CS for Water. So, these three Cabinet Secretaries are expected to appear before the House. At the morning sitting of the Senate scheduled on the 19th July, 2023, the Cabinet Secretary for Education was scheduled to respond to eight questions from a number of Senators. However, due to quorum hitches the Senate sitting was adjourned prematurely. The Cabinet Secretary had submitted written responses to the Questions. I take this opportunity to express concern about the lack of quorum at the commencement of sittings of the House. I urge the Party Whips to ensure that quorum is achieved for business to be transacted. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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