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    "id": 1563246,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I am not canvassing. It is not allowed in the Conclave because they are even switching on signals. I was just saying it is the wish of many Kenyans. May perpetual light shine upon him, as he rests in peace. The Catholic Church will continue in pushing for both. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Catholic Church has done a lot in the education and health sectors. We should ensure that we support the Catholic Church and all other churches or religions to push for a better society in education, health and governance issues. I also wish Cardinal John Njue would have participated in the Conclave, but because of health reasons, he could not. I am happy that Bishop Anyolo has clarified that he was indeed invited to participate in voting in the Conclave. We wish Cardinal John Njue all the best and quick recovery. He would have been part of the cardinals who are in the Conclave to ensure we have a new pontiff. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Vatican is one of the smallest states in the world. Pope Francis even visited this nation. I hope the next Pope will also visit this country and commune, and be part of pushing for the agenda of equity and decency among the morals. Finally, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the Statement by the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, I expect the Chairperson of the Committee to tell us the status of top-dressing Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) and the distribution of fertilizer in the country. We need to stop playing politics with agriculture. I saw the former Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development, courtesy of Sen. Methu, trying to cast aspersions, yet during the investigation of the scandal of fake fertilizer, he was at the centre of it. Therefore, those are for political expediency. These people want to run for some office and they do not have an agenda. The investigations placed the former Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Linturi, at the centre of the fake fertilizer scandal. The National Assembly wanted to impeach him due to that scandal, I challenge the Standing Committee on Agriculture to table their report on fake fertilizer because, you will find the former Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture at the centre of it. He should not now twist the story or try to change it. Where I come from, when the T9 bites you or your dog, that dog becomes a T9 and wants to bite everybody in the village. So, he cannot be threatening us, alleging that some individuals outside him were involved in the fake fertilizer scandal. He must tell us where the donated fertilizer went. He was the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture then, and the back stopped with him. I hope the media will be bold enough to ask him in the report by the National Assembly, when he was supposed to be impeached or to be removed by the vote of no confidence, why he did not have the energy to blackmail and intimidate? I want to ask the President not to be intimidated or blackmailed by known profiteers and auctioneers of politics. I know he wants to blackmail the Government, so"
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