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    "id": 1381961,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Cabinet Secretary for disrespecting this House. That is the way we should move as a Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to protect you because you have been protecting us many times. As Senators, we are elected by reasonable people. That is why the word “reasonable” appears in that particular Standing Order. We are not malicious to the extent that if there is any Cabinet Secretary who takes us at our own estimate because of the seriousness that we bring to this country as a House, then they should take us seriously. Why do I mean by this? I am in possession of the three letters from the Cabinet Secretaries who were supposed to be in this House today. I would argue a case on which kind of Cabinet Secretaries we should censure and those we should not. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 28th February, 2024, the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport, Hon. Murkomen, wrote a letter requesting for rescheduling of an appearance date before the Senate Plenary. His reasons were as follows. He accepted that he received a letter from this House dated 27th February, 2024. He responded on 28th; a day after receiving it. He stated that; “Unfortunately, the date of my scheduled appearance before the Senate coincides with a hearing in the matter of arbitration proceedings between the KU Railways Holding (KURH) Limited versus the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of Uganda in London, United Kingdom (UK). That is an emerging issue. I am privy to the fact that this letter was considered by the SBC. Therefore, an understanding was reached with this Cabinet Secretary. A reasonable House like the Senate would not censure this Cabinet Secretary because he has been respectful. He wrote the letter on time and, indeed, responded in record time, to the extent that the SBC deliberated on it. I do not see any problem with it. The second one is the Permanent Secretary (PS), Hon. (Dr.) Chris Kiptoo, daktari"
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