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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just wanted to clarify the fact that the issue of the presence of the Speaker of the Senate was not the only factor that was considered. I remember I elaborated about four. In fact, I said that much of the persuasion came from the office of the Speaker, which includes yourself and the entire panel, but if you ask me privately from where I sit as the Senate Majority Leader, my worry is more on giving qualitative justice to this Motion in two ways. The first, we know how enormous what is going on at County Hall is, the kind of proceedings that come out of there and the kind of pressure that we put the Committee through to produce a report, because it is not going to be an interim report. There is no room for an interim report; it must be a complete report. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you want to do justice, you must give the Committee a day or so to analyze the evidence carefully, judiciously – remember here we are talking about the fate of somebody – whichever way the matter goes, you need to give that person justice and as the adage goes, justice must not only be done but it must be seen to be done; if you ask me; that is a weighty issue. Sen. Obure pointed out clearly that the Committee begun a little late because of the hiccups which were there. If you ask me, the most important thing is that we had to stretch this to the last day to give the Committee a leeway so that they can, one, complete a good report and, secondly, so that such a report can be available a few hours before the House sits, and for Senators to internalize the report because that plenary will debate and pass that Motion or reject it the same day."
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