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    "id": 1442921,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1442921/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "remove the entire suit and wear a vest and a boxer to escape the wrath through landi yamawe, in this city. While those are tactics that people used to evade what happened that day; it is not a justification to deny media access and issue a gag order against it within precincts of Parliament. Therefore, I ask your office and the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) to resist the temptation to give out unconstitutional orders of denying access to the media because Kenyans need to know what we are doing. I have used an example of 1932, when there were allegations that there was a letter that was being sent to the House of Congress and Senate and had poison. The congress decided to close the House and run away. In the subsequent elections, all the Congressmen were voted out. However, the Senate of the Republic of United States of America remained true to its cause and addressed the great recession; the reason why they remember. That is also why we have distinguished ourselves as the ‘Upper’ House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are many issues that young people have raised: Issues of corruption, Governance by both national and county governments, lack of opportunities, nepotism and not being listened to. There are many challenges, I assure the Gen Zs and any other Kenyan that Parliament is a public place. If they were a proper organisation, they would have accessed Parliament. Many Kenyans access it. I put this straight: Under Article 126(1) of the Constitution of Kenya, Parliament can sit anywhere. The Gen Z and any other Kenyan must know that Parliament can sit in Uhuru Park, Migori County or anywhere else in the country. That is why we have Senate"
}