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    "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. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No. 110(1) and wish to read as follows: “That a Senator who wishes to postpone to some future occasion the further discussion of a Question which has been proposed from the Chair, may for reason stated claim to move that the debate be now adjourned.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to humbly call on the collective wisdom of the House because this is a very emotive issue. Number one, it involves a colleague. She might be right or wrong in your opinion. Number two, the person who chaired this Committee is the Speaker of the House. The person who we are told is the victim of these harassments is none other than the Clerk of the House. Whichever way you look at it, there can never be a winner and a loser in this conversation. We will look so dirty or so silly as a House. It will be bad of us eventually. In fact, I must concede that it was due to a lapse of concentration on my side. If I had known that there was going to be such a debate, perhaps earlier, the prudent thing to do would have been to consult with the Senate Leader of Minority, walk to the Speaker's Chamber and seek that perhaps this matter be handled differently. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you know for a fact that last time when the National Assembly had such a situation where a report was brought and the House defeated it, they amended their Standing Orders. Today, if you go to the National Assembly, the Powers and Privilege Committees is not chaired by their Speaker for the obvious reason that it is not just proper and decent for you to be Speaker and preside over a House, bring a report of a committee which was chaired by you, then it be subject to discussion by Senators who will critique your work. Some will say certain things that you may not like. I plead with all my colleagues. I called the Senate Minority Leader aside – we have a consultation room – and pleaded with him. I told him that he is my senior and an elder. I asked him whether he liked the debate that was going on in the House. He told me that he was equally agonized over it and tried to speak to Members of his delegation, asking them what should be done. I suggested to him that we seek leave of the House and allow the leadership to retreat, to reconsider this matter and find a way of resolving it without having to air our dirty linen in public. I plead with you, colleague Senators. Perhaps you may be holding a different view on this issue or there is something you may want to say. Allow us to adjourn the debate to a later date, the same way we have consulted with the Senate Minority Leader. Perhaps he will have a chance to explain what he thinks about this."
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