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    "id": 1299398,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I have noted the presence of the Senator for Siaya, the youthful, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu. We continue to wish him well as he celebrates his 80th birthday. We are proud that he continues to become a repository of wisdom and knowledge in the Senate. We wish him well. Earlier on, I was asking him whether he has carried the birthday cake and he assured me that it is in the car. So, I hope as he goes for tea, I will be following him to the Senate Lounge to ensure I get also get a bite of the cake of his 80th birthday. I am also informed that he received communion under the Anglican Church and we are proud that he is the Senator for Siaya. Madam Temporary Speaker, therefore, we need to ensure that we use these airports like JKIA. We should be able to divert flights like the way we are diverting to Mombasa International Airport. I want to challenge my colleagues in Government and the County Government of Uasin Gishu. Let Eldoret International Airport be known to be a place to transport farm produce and products. Let it also be used to transport milk. Let it also be known that when you want to transport any agricultural products, you will use Eldoret International Airport. Eldoret International Airport also is an important Airport, though it is underdeveloped. We need the Ministry of Transport to ensure that they put on the map the Eldoret International Airport. Our forefathers thought about it and they ensured that Kisumu International Airport, Mombasa International Airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Eldoret International Airport function for the benefit of its people. I know Isiolo International Airport is there. We should get one in Turkana. We saw the incident where Kenya Airways was forced to abort landing in Heathrow and went to another airport. If such an event happens, what should we do? Where will we divert? Will it be to Karenga Airstrip in Kericho which is not fully functional or to somewhere else across the country? We have an airstrip in Bungoma and we must think as a House in a futuristic manner. We are doing all these things and we would one day want to see Busia and Bondo becoming cities going into the future and many others because they meet the threshold under the Urban and Cities Act it is important. Eldoret is a city of champions. Nandi, we are the source and Elgeyo-Marakwet is the home of champions. The streets of Eldoret have all the names; it is a cosmopolitan city. We have Ronald Ngala Street and Oginga Odinga Street. I do not know whether Sen. (Dr.) Oburu is aware that we have Oginga Odinga Street in Eldoret."
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