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    "id": 1517993,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
        "slug": "aaron-cheruiyot"
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    "content": "Affairs (2008-2013); Chairperson of the Committee on Delegated Legislation, member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, the House Business Committee and the Committee on Pensions (2013-2017); and the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (2017-2022); FURTHER COGNIZANT THAT the late William Cheptumo was elected Senator for Baringo County in 2022 and continued with his stellar legislative work in the Senate having sponsored many businesses among them, a Motion on declaration of cattle rustling and banditry as a national disaster and establishment of a Special Fund for victims which was adopted by the Senate on 30th May, 2024; and served as the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations and as a Member of the Standing Committees of Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights and that of Land, Environment and Natural Resources, which positions he served until his demise on 16th February, 2025; NOW THEREFORE the Senate expresses its deep sadness at the death, of Hon. William Kipkiror Cheptumo, the Senator for Baringo County and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations; records its appreciation for his contribution to public service spanning over two decades; recognizes the high esteem in which he was held by colleagues from across the political divide and the humble, principled and dedicated manner in which he undertook his duties; and offers its profound sympathy and condolences to his family, friends, Baringo County and the nation at large. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is an extremely difficult exercise. If you had asked me a few weeks or days ago that part of the business that we will be considering on a solemn afternoon like this will be to pass messages of condolences to any family of our 67 colleagues, it would have been the last thing on my mind, but such is life that we do not have control of what happens. Unfortunately, we have lost our distinguished colleague, Sen. William Kipkiror Cheptumo. It is a tragic and a big loss, but as the Bible tells us, few are the days of every human being and before any human life begins, it is so written the day it shall begin up to the day where life ends. Our colleague has left us and we want to do this great honour. The Senate has established a solemn tradition of ensuring that in the unfortunate occurrence of loss of a colleague, we grant an opportunity to all of us to commiserate with their family, constituents and friends. We do a recording of all the things that we say about them and have it sent to the family. Perhaps that is why many colleagues were wondering because there is another colleague from the National Assembly that we lost. We had to do a separate Motion because the Senate, in its wisdom, established this distinct tradition. If you go through the archives of all the colleagues we have lost, you will find what their colleagues at that particular time said about them. Therefore, I want to urge 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."
}