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    "id": 1374009,
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    "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": "THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the National Dialogue Committee, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 14th February, 2024. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a culmination of an exercise at least outside of this House, that consumed a significant amount of time for those of us that participated in all the hearings. The minutes are attached for Members to confirm how many meetings we held at the Bomas of Kenya and other places within the Republic of Kenya. We are all aware of the circumstances that led to the establishment of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO). There were challenging times for us as a Republic. Therefore, in the prevailing wisdom of various stakeholders in this Republic from within and without our nation, they felt it was important that at the very least or bare minimum we should talk to each other. Even though we might not have agreed eventually on items that were put before us, we were asked to at least converse and hear each other out. Growing up, my mother told me that there are two things, which you could almost be reckless if you choose to pick an argument with any person on. The first one is religion. If you are a Christian, sitting across a table with a Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist and trying to prove to them why you are right and they are wrong, is most of the times an exercise in futility. Secondly is the sticky topic of politics. That is how we view things, our perception, beliefs and ideologies. It is never easy to agree. Therefore, I went to the committee acutely aware that perhaps there might not be even a single reason or point of convergence that is likely to emerge out of the conversations we had with our colleagues from the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition. However, to my surprise and that of many, we virtually agreed on all the topics that were placed before us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have returned to the House a report which we want you to consider. For Members who are yet to interact with the report, it is on our digital platform. It is quite voluminous. I doubt if it will be intelligent for us as a country to lead in the conversation on climate change yet we still print thousands of pages of documents for each parliamentarian. From a casual look at the House, everybody here is digitally literate. This report is in our gadgets and I believe Members can take time to read, reflect, confirm and countercheck the points that I will raise from the conversations we had. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to report to the House that we agreed on most of the issues; some of which I had serious doubts that I could be convinced or persuaded otherwise by our colleagues from the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition. However, having taken time to listen to them and understand where they were coming from, we met somewhere in the middle as it is typical of us as Kenyan people. Many people have said many things about the NADCO and the preceding committee. We referred to their work in this document. Remember that earlier on, we had moved a Motion here, setting up a committee made up of purely Members of Parliament (MPs)."
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