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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Keter",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Cheruiyot Keter",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. On the outset, I support this Motion 100 per cent. The establishment of the Committee is the best way forward for us as a Senate. This will help us know whether the issues raised by the Embu County Assembly are true or not and, therefore, make an informed decision on behalf of the people of Kenya. The survival of this Senate is pegged on how we handle this first case. I urge my colleagues, not only the 11 Senators but the whole Senate to have collective responsibility. We should all work hard. All of us, one way or another will contribute because the Committee will make a resolution. It will be upon this House to vote on those resolutions and to agree. Since this is the first case ever, we should handle the case across the entire political divide. I say so because if we play politics with these issues, we, as a Senate will have lost. I want to urge the 11 Senators – they are capable because I know them – to handle this case without political parties in mind. I want to urge political parties to give us a chance to handle the matter. We are handling it as the Senate on behalf of the people of Kenya. We are not handling the case on behalf of Jubilee or CORD. Give us the opportunity because the decisions we will make will affect this country in one way or another. Public funds must be secure. The President has been in the lead in saying that public funds must be safeguarded. It is upon that precedence that we are here on a Special Sitting to appoint a Special Committee. As I come to an end, I would like to suggest that after the ten days are over, after we resume, I will expect Dr. Khalwale to come here and say; “oh, here, oh, here”; after which we will make an informed decision."
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