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    "id": 1442856,
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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": "Many others will be shared by these Members because there are senior people here who are experienced. They know what the challenges are and what their contribution can be. I want to appreciate the meeting that happened yesterday afternoon, where we agreed that not even apportioning blame at this particular time will rescue anybody. When the protesters showed up in Parliament last week, none of us was spared and rightly so. Much as we may have wished that they should deal with the National Assembly because they are the ones handling the Finance Bill, they did not care. They just know that you are leaders and you are the ones who by whatever means that is possible have done this or the other. As we begin our reflection as a Senate in the next few days, we should propose solutions with far-reaching implications. We should come up with answers to questions that we are being asked by our people, in both our private and public spaces, because this conversation has not spared anybody. It has not taken the traditional definitions or characterizations that we know about issues in this country. It has nothing to do with religion, tribe or class. These are unique challenges that have caught all of us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we request that when we get our staffers to serve as rapporteurs to classify the challenges as they will be enlisted by the various Members, say, for example, on the issue of corruption, and the proposals that are being made. Later on, when we sit to reflect and make our decisions after we have classified all the issues into the various thematic areas, we will retreat and reconvene as a House, to make the various far-reaching recommendations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, whatever it is that we, as Parliament, need to do, if it is a change of law, we are willing to do it in record time. I know we have your cooperation and you will help us make that true. If it is a resolution of the House, specific to the various constitutional commissions and independent office holders, we will make a resolution. There are two ways in which Parliament makes decisions. We either vote on a Bill or resolve on a matter and give it as a resolution of the House. We intend to pursue whatever means it will take to heal the country and make us better, as we have been challenged in the last few days. The country is complaining of a broken system; that absolutely nothing works. That this is a rigged economy where only those with proximity to power and the advantage unduly given to them by the spaces they occupy; either in public or private institutions, are able to enjoy living in the country. We are being asked to repair and fix it. Where this thing has reached, it needs an overhaul. I am afraid that the usual glue and gum that we put into areas that are leaking areas will not solve it this time because it is completely broken. If it is a pipeline, then it is time to decommission it and set up a new one. That is what why we being challenged on. We are being told that everybody wants a fair shot at life and not just our children to get better chances of education. I grew up through a public education system from primary to secondary and university. It was the best at that particular time. People are complaining that, unfortunately, as it is today, nobody with a penny in this country can The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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