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    "id": 1356318,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1356318/?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": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very straightforward matter and I do not know why we are taking long in making a determination. This is the fourth volume of the Standing Orders of the Senate. If you check Volume I, Volume II and I think even Volume III, you will not find Standing Order No.103. Why is that the case? It is the case because, previously, your predecessors who had the honour to sit on that Chair have made determinations either way on such matters. There is ruling to the effect that this House cannot be gagged or injuncted by a court order, yet there are instances where in the House, the Speakers have upheld orders that have been brought before us. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the wisdom of the Committee that reviewed our Standing Orders towards the end of the last term, they decided to introduce Standing Order No.103. They also took the trouble to make a determination and finding. I want Sen. Osotsi, Sen. Sifuna and my colleagues who are pushing this argument to read and"
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