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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": "from the onset. One, we are under no illusion that, as a House, we can resolve everything that we are being asked to resolve as the leadership of a country. Two, it is not everything that can be addressed immediately. However, listening to most colleagues, they divided their proposed solution almost into three parts. There are those that are immediate, there are those that are for the medium term and there are those that are for the long term, in so far as fostering a prosperous nation is concerned. That is the nature of life. It is impossible to achieve change or the absolucy of a prosperous society in one instance. There must be a beginning and this is a good beginning. This is where we want to start from because it begins with an appreciation that we are at fault and there are things that we need to set right. Various leaders have since added their voices on how the nation can walk itself out of the crisis that we find ourselves in. I have seen and it would make sense to confess that when we sat as leadership to consult on the bipartisan nature of this Motion, the leadership from the Minority side asked us to take the preconditions for engagement that had been listed by the leader of the Azimio Coalition in good stride. They asked us to appreciate that he means well for the nation, and he feels that taking into consideration the things that have now so far been listed as amendments in the amended Motion; compensation of victims, acceptance and acknowledgement that lives have been lost unnecessarily; persecution of those that have been involved in brutality, and so on, would be a good place to start. I want to appreciate that, that has finally made its way into the Motion. Subsequently, there are things that we will have to do. Let nobody be under the illusion that it will be an easy journey. I am not certain who spoke these words, but it is said that if you want to please everybody, do not get involved in leadership; sell ice cream. That is the only job you can do on earth and everybody will be happy with you. As long as you are in leadership, there are certain difficult decisions that sometimes you will have to make and not everybody will appreciate and celebrate you for. The job has to be done and that job has befallen on us, as the 67 Senators in this House. We have a duty and there is something that we can do to right the wrongs of the last 60 years in this Republic. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also appreciate and know that being one of the bicameral units of Parliament in this House, we need our colleagues in the National Assembly to support us as well. In as much as many of our colleagues might have cast aspersions on and said certain things about the National Assembly when they were speaking, the truth of the matter is that a legislation passed by the Senate alone is only good ink on paper. It cannot be law. Therefore, the National Assembly remains to be an integral partner, especially in resolving issues that have been addressed, and we are aware can only be solved through the legislative arm of Government. There are certain laws that we will need to change. There are things that we need to tighten. There are laws that we need to amend. We will have to work with our colleagues from the National Assembly. If you follow what we have done, first of all, in the first part of the Motion is the preconditions that I have spoken to. 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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