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    "id": 1483297,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. Indeed, we are invited as Senators to do justice to a matter brought before us. Even before we do so, it is our duty and responsibility, as the whole country and the whole world watches, to ensure that we do justice to matters that have come before us. It has been cited that decisions have been made and precedents have been set. However, that notwithstanding, it is also imperative that we interrogate under which condition those decisions and precedents were set. As an engineer, I know that rounding numbers to the nearest is a common practice. However, we are invited in this matter not to look at the case before us scientifically, but to look at it as is required using the jurisprudence that has been set before. Therefore, 31.3 cannot meet the threshold. It is imperative that we, as Senators, move a Motion, decide and determine on this matter, even before we go into the full hearing. That is our responsibility; it is what people expect of us and it is what we must do as Senators. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the role of these Senators is to sit here as juries and make a decision on whether the prerequisite preliminaries have been met. If they have not been met, then we must return the matter to the sender so that they can meet the threshold. We sit in a matter that is supposed to be set forth by this House. I submit."
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