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    "id": 1425268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "\"The Speakers of the Houses of Parliament shall enforce any directions given during a joint sitting in relation to the conduct of a Member of Parliament in accordance with the applicable provision of the National Assembly Standing Orders.\" You heard the other day and this is in the public record, I raised questions relating to Bunge Tower. The Speaker of the National Assembly wanted to refer me to the Committee on Powers and Privileges. If this rule was applied, yours truly could have been crucified like Jesus Christ, yet I am doing the Lord's work. When using the Very Important Person (VIP) lift, you meet with tea, tissue papers and chapatis, yet the lift is for the VIP. I would have been crucified by Speaker Hon. Moses Wetangula because I questioned Bunge Tower. He said that I could not access the certificate of occupation because I was a nobody. Clause 18 says- \"The Speakers of the Houses of Parliament may, in consultation with the Leaders of the Majority Party and the Minority Party, arrange for a joint sitting of Parliament for purposes of an address by a visiting Head of State or dignitary.\" This is okay. It is in our Standing Orders; I do not know why it is here. Our Standing Orders state that if we want anybody, including the President, to address this side, it is the prerogative of the Minority and Majority parties in Parliament. Why are we becoming perspicacious? Lastly, on public participation, which is Clause 19, I agree with the Chairperson Committee on JLAC. This clause is in violation of Article 118 on public participation. We are considering the Public Participation Bill. Remember the case of the Kiambu County Executive Committee Member and others who were taken to court for not holding public participation in the Kiambu County Finance Bill of 2013. For the first time, a ruling was made---"
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