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    "id": 1507132,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, I rise to support this Report; a very good report by the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. I have not hidden the fact of my admiration for this committee over the years that I have served as Majority Leader, maybe stemming from the fact that it is the one committee that I served for the longest time as a Senator, and I know how much work they get to do. First is to appreciate them for the good job that they have done. I hope one day when we eventually clean up this Constitution, we will be able to distinguish between Parliament and National Assembly. There are so many instances where the Constitution intended to say Parliament but has ended up saying National Assembly. It is only on rare occurrences such as this particular item, where the words were used interchangeably, perhaps because of a typo or some of the editors were not keen enough, or may have been keen, that we have a chance and an opportunity to hear the approval of certain key Government officials. These are alongside the Inspector General (IG) of the Police and one or two others. That, I do not think, is what Kenyans intended when they went to the polls in August 2010 to bequeath themselves a new constitution. Therefore, I rise to approve the good job that has been done by our colleagues on the approval hearing of Mr. Gerald Nyaoma Arita, a gentleman who has a fairly rich resume. He went through a competitive process. Both committees of the Houses of 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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