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    "id": 606839,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to thank the House for giving us the opportunity to be in that team. However, it is time that we also reflected and asked ourselves what clear recommendations we, as a House, would wish to have as we move forward. It would be important for the Senate to be involved in the consultation stages of amending or drafting the Bill, so that we do not have such a scenario in the future. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also thank the Members of the Committee from the National Assembly, particularly the Member for Ruaraka Constituency, Hon. T. J. Kajwang who really supported us in all this. He stood as a Kenyan. You can imagine when you are with your fellow Members and decide to go against them. I realized that he is a patriotic Kenyan who does not look at the party, but the issues. I, therefore, thank the entire team, including the Chair who led us and realized that democracy is the way and accepted the results. More importantly, instead of becoming protagonists for three to four sittings, we should go for mediation as Members from a bicameral Parliament who are willing to sit down and unlock what the Houses did not agree on. In doing so, we should not go to the negotiating table with fixed mindsets because we will find it so difficult to look at the broader issues affecting Kenyans. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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