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    "id": 1473179,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I had made proper arrangements because, according to the Calendar I was given, I was to be in Busia on 23rd September. You can imagine the financial and emotional anguish I would go through in reorganising the diary. My cows are calving that season, so balancing being in Busia, caring for my cows, and harvesting maize will be hard. We also have small matters regarding sugar levels. I want to appeal to the Senate Business Committee because some of us do not have the privilege of sitting there. Can they find a way to engage Members? We do not need this conversation, and I want to protect Members. For most Members who step out, especially in the afternoon sessions, I want to inform the Majority Leader that they always go to the Senate Lounge. Some of them have health challenges; maybe they want to use restrooms, make phone calls to follow issues with their members of the public in various counties, consult other stakeholders like Cabinet Secretaries, consult their party leaders, like the Secretary General of ODM, or maybe there is a matter on the Floor of the House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you see Sen. Oketch Gicheru stepping out of the Senate, I usually get you calling people in Bomet County to clarify a few issues before you come and cooperate. If the Majority Leader had imagined other things that Members would be doing, I could have confirmed that they would be doing good things in the Senate Lounge. When they are taking tea and mandazi and consulting, sometimes you could get an emergency from your family and you cannot make phone calls on the Floor of the House. Some people rise and you have to appreciate that as young legislators, we have more business than ‘youth’ leaders such as Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Odinga. You know, most of them have, eh, wame kigoto, and how do you say it in English? Most of them---"
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