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    "id": 1330266,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1330266/?format=api",
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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": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is not a very light matter as some want just to portray and wish it away. A trend is emerging and if you do not nip it in the bud, you may lose control over this House. You are constitutionally mandated to run this House and bring order. It has become a habit for a number of Senators because they think the Speaker is sending me away. What is that after all? That is why even in the last few weeks they have begun this habit of saying: “I can even walk away before you make a pronouncement.” The sanctions that can be passed to a Senator for being grossly disorderly are enumerated and listed. It is not just about walking out of the House or being told, come back next week on Tuesday. Mr. Speaker, Sir, can you give a ruling and guide this House on what happens to Senators who continually show this level of defiance because they are a few and they are known? Secondly, is it in order for a Senator to look at the Speaker straight in the eye and say: “I do not need you to even guide me on what I need to do, I know what I need to do” I find that to be gravely arrogant. It is wrong and it undermines the authority of this House. Please guide this House, otherwise colleague Senators will begin this habit and you will not be able to do anything because a culture will have been set."
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