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    "id": 1473167,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me begin by saying that I share in the frustrations that have been expressed by the Senate Majority Leader, because I sit with him in the SBC and so do you. If you look at the matters that are in the Order Paper, it is sometimes very difficult for us to clean the Order Paper, and I am sure that each one of us is interested in making sure that their business moves. At least I can speak for those Senators on the Minority side. We have tried to develop a system where they tell us in the leadership, especially the Whips, when people are travelling, when it is likely that we can have matters put to a vote and so on. Of course, this Calendar alteration has been necessitated by the matters that came before us during recess. After the two-week extension to the recess, I expected that at least yesterday, we would have a full House, so that we could transact some of the business. This was a bit disappointing. I am happy that the Speaker on the Chair today was here with me yesterday, and we prosecuted the matter until the last Order. As described by the Majority Leader, the House was quite empty. Sometimes, I also wonder if there is another senate somewhere. You could be sitting here thinking that you are in the Senate, yet the quorum is elsewhere. I also sometimes ask Sen. Oketch Gicheru to take me to the places he visits in the afternoons."
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