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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I cannot belabour on what we are invited to do in this House on the two substantive preliminary objections. We cannot be gagged by decisions of the court from doing our job. That ought to be in tandem. On this issue of mathematics, you are invited to make a decision, which I believe the House should make. One is a practical equation and the other one is a mathematical equation. Practically, you cannot have a fraction of human beings reduced to the lower number. Mathematically, this is a question that probably would have needed a judicial review even long before it came to this place. This is because constitutionally this question of two-thirds has never confronted the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the only time that we see it is from the case of Tana River, which has been presented here. It behooves us, as a House, to go with the larger equation of what has been determined in court. What has been determined in court as per now and without a judicial review; is the case for Tana River. This case can be the only legal basis and legal framework that then we use to question this practicality of numbers. I urge the House that because this is a very serious issue and the people of the Kericho would want to be heard, the determination of these two preliminary objections should be done with the other substantive issues that have been brought in the House, so that Senators get a chance to make observations at the end of this entire process. 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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