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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, an LPG storage facility is not a mere tin shack shop. It is big facility that anyone driving along that road would easily notice. Reflecting on the testimonies from when this incident was alive in the country, Citizens Television shared that the facility had been operational for years. People would frequently visit to refill their gas and leave, until this tragic disaster struck. The critical question is what measures EPRA has implemented since the occurrence of this disaster to ensure such incidents never occur again in any part of this country. How have they increased the vigilance and the observance of these stringent procedures that Parliament has passed and ensure that regulations are adhered to. Many times, it is easy to blame Parliament on social media and public talk shows. Parliament is always the easiest to carry the burden when such things happen. The challenges that we continue to face in this country are not because of lack of good laws. We have passed very many good laws. Firstly, it is the implementation that we continue to struggle with. Secondly and most importantly is the first point I spoke about. There are no sanctions against those who violate the regulations. The fact that people are never punished and the fact that it takes too long to make a decision or to even be remorseful--- Let me digress a bit. Many times, we in the political class have witnessed this. There are people who share political parties with us. They could be a governor or Member of Parliament (MP). Some of them could have been found to have pilfered public resources but when they are taken to court, many times you will find us shamelessly walking there and demanding to stand with them and support them. We go to visit them in Industrial Area Prison. In a proper country that is governed by the rule of law, even for somebody who is your closest friend, you maintain what I referred to as a respectable distance. Perhaps you can send them uji and other items from a distance but tell them that whatever they did is not something worth of a leader of their stature. However, we do not feel embarrassed because we have turned this into a political circus. Our citizens have followed in tow to 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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