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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": "There is also something else that Sen. Osotsi, I do not agree with you. I have always said this in the past that when you want to impose a fine of Kshs500,000 for somebody who has snubbed the summons of Parliament, is a slap on the wrist. The people who snub parliamentary summons are arrogant and rich. In my humble opinion the Kshs2 million that you are asking for is too little. Somebody must feel it. There must be a price to pay for anybody who is not being responsive and dishonouring summons to Parliament, be they public officers or whoever. Parliament is a gathering of the people of Kenya. When the people of Kenya say they want to have a meeting with you and they have issued a summon, it is provided in the procedure what a summon is. This should be distinguished to the ordinary citizens so that people do not confuse. There is a difference between an invite to appear and a summon. By the time it gets to a summon, it is because you have dishonoured invites several times. Therefore, I think Kshs2 million proposed here by Sen. Osotsi is still little. We need to be tough. There are people who have all this money. First of all, we need to increase the money. Secondly, we need to provide mechanisms of recovering this money. I know and the Office of the Clerk can correct me. There are public officers and governors that we fined for none- appearance last term and up to date as I speak, to the best of my knowledge they have not paid. Sen. Osotsi, I wish you would have provided here the ways of recovering that money. For instance, in a court of law, if you are found to have dishonoured a fine, the court finds ways of either selling goods that are known to you or finding ways of enforcing this fine. Sen. Osotsi, before we conclude on Third Reading, that is something which I want to plead with you. Increase the amount to something to around Kshs5 million and also ways of enforcing. So that we find ways of compelling people to pay that fine. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the industry that has gone into the thinking of making this Bill. I beg to support."
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