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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": "They did not make much progress, but they covered serious ground and laid the foundation for the work that we the succeeding committee eventually completed. Therefore, I would wish to celebrate them from the outset. I believe the team that sat at the Bomas of Kenya as well had distinguished Members of this House and the “Lower” House and laid the foundation for us as a committee. When we later on retreated, we referred to many of the documents that had already been presented. Sen. Omogeni will confirm that the working framework and rules of engagement were actually picked word for word from what they had previously used with minimal amendments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have brought to you, colleague Senators, the findings of the committee, so that we get to hear your thoughts on the same by passing this report. Let me be clear on this so that Members can understand. There are various ways through which Parliament, to be specific, the Senate, makes its decisions. A resolution of the House is a decision as well, with a full force of law and enforcement because that is a gathering of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya. Further down the report, we have attached various statutory instruments which will have to be considered individually. We have the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, which we will have to read and consider. I believe later on when we begin that process, both you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and your counterpart in the “Lower” House will guide both Houses of Parliament on how to carry out this Constitutional Amendment, given that this is a bipartisan process. Therefore, there is a need to carry the views of everybody on board. There are various legal documents and proposed Bills for consideration by this House. There are various policy positions that we felt we could address by statute alone. Those Bills are further attached in the report. You will find Bills on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and others that I will be speaking about later on. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are further policy propositions that we have made a decision on. As a committee, we have said that some of them do not require Parliament to do anything. They already have sufficient laws to govern them, but perhaps those who are charged with the implementation of those policies have not been keen enough or diligent to ensure that those policies are adhered to. Kenyans are guided by those particular directions and the same has equally been proposed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me go straight to the six issues that we considered when we met. You are aware that there was an election in the year 2022, and that is why we have Members of the Senate here. There were pronouncements made by the IEBC. There is a population that felt hard done by our constitutional organs, that is the IEBC. The Supreme Court gave its verdict of the same as it is provided for in the Constitution, yet there was nothing that you could do to convince some of our colleagues here and other Kenyans that ascribed to their political views that the elections were free and fair. Mr. Speaker, Sir, like I said earlier on, religion and politics are very difficult subjects. Sometimes to convince people is not the easiest of conversations. Some hold a"
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