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    "id": 1375692,
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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": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. I urge standing committees to make use of these provisions to update the House on various business. This is a call to Chairpersons of various committees to consider seriously Bills before them and guide the House on what they are doing with those particular Bills. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will recall that this week, for example, there was a heated debate on the Water (Amendment) Bill, only for the committee to later appear before the House with a report responding on issues which Senators had taken up with that Bill. If we had the report early in advance and Members had been apprised, I believe many of them would not have raised the issues they did. Therefore, I urge our committee Chairpersons to endeavour to ensure that they provide reports to the House way in advance before a Bill is considered. This is a busy season. I expect all Members of the Senate to be seated in their respective House Committees to dispense off business quickly. At its meeting on Tuesday, 20th February, 2024, the SBC noted apologies from the Cabinet Secretaries scheduled to appear on the morning sitting of Wednesday, 21st February, 2024. To this end, the SBC maintained the same set of Questions scheduled for that day to appear on the Order Paper for the morning Sitting of Wednesday, 28th February, 2024. The summary of the Questions and the Cabinet Secretaries to appear on that day are as follows- (1) Question No.001 by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Odhiambo Ojienda, SC, MP, to the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, on the inter-communal clashes that occurred in Sondu town during the demonstrations in June and July, 2023."
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