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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I need your guidance on a number of issues, and as a Member of this House, I will abide by your directions. Can a witness discuss the conduct or the state of a Member of the Senate who sits in the Senate? When you look at Article 96(4), it says- “(4) The Senate participates in the oversight of State officers by considering and determining any resolution to remove the President or Deputy President from office in accordance with Article 145.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, using your powers under Standing Order No.1, does a witness who appears before the House have powers to discuss the conduct of Members of the Senate, who sits in Plenary in their presence or absence? I am at a loss because I cannot discuss the Senator for Nairobi City County, for example, without a substantive Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in that same spirit, one of the witnesses yesterday purported, and I am happy and grateful that you stopped pursuing that line--- However, is it possible to strike it off the record of the Senate because those comments were made in bad faith? The principle of natural justice demands that you must hear both sides of the story. Those comments were made in bad faith by the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration. For a fact, he never taught me when I was in school. He was among the librarians in the Law School that I attended. There are even allegations that he was doing STGs in some of the classrooms. I really want that matter to be put to rest. A number of clients, including the great fathers of Nandi, never slept through the night because they know me as one of the most brilliant, hardworking and top-performing Senators of this Republic of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, can you issue a directive that a witness who appears before you in plenary or even our committees, should not have powers to discuss any conduct of a Member? I will be eternally grateful for what you did. As they say in Catholic; sema neno moja tu na roho yangu itapona . I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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