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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, firstly, I would like to congratulate Members of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) for a stunning turnout today for this Sitting and also the other side of the political divide. There are arguments that have been made by the Senate Minority Leader, but all of them are not anchored in law. First of all, we must tell the truth because we do not want to lie to the nation. The only business remaining on Order Nos.2 and 3 is voting. It is important to also agree with the nation that, that voting had been attempted almost twice. So, we are here to vote. Let us not lie to the country that we are voting machines. We are here to vote and each one of us will vote for his or her own county, and we have done that before. The Senate Minority Leader should not say that he knows where we were and what we were told. Instead, he should have spent that time to mobilise his side of the political divide. To use too much energy to try to know what we were doing, instead of trying to do something for his side of the political divide, is misleading the House. Therefore, the first important point is that we are here to vote. Whether we were to do it today, next week or two months ago, we came here to vote on the business in Order Nos.2 and 3, which we have attempted before. In any case, we tried to reach the requisite number of 24. 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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