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    "id": 1275594,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1275594/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have two comments. One is on the Statement by the Senator for Turkana, the one which Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale tried to seek your indulgence. I believe he has further been guided because he knows the procedure if we were to proceed the way he wanted the House to. Nonetheless, this is a very important issue, which, as a Senate of the Republic of Kenya, we cannot keep quiet. For a long time, since inception of the East Africa Community (EAC) as a regional bloc, Kenya has continued to play the big brother role. We have suffered tremendously because of that tag of being the superpower of the region. Each time, I see negotiations that happens at the EAC level the final straw that breaks the proverbial camel’s back is this tug of war: “You are the bigger brother, please, bear with us.” On that account, Kenya has suffered great injustice on many occasions. You know about the issue of Migingo Island, the chicken in Narok County along their border with Tanzania and this particular issue that involves human beings. It may reflect as a situation as when they first went for the fish, we kept quiet, subsequently they burnt our chicken---"
}