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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was not going to contribute to a point of order. However, I will go ahead now that Sen. Wetangula has raised this very important issue. The Administration of Oath is a very solemn process. It is normally undertaken with silence. I just witnessed the Administration of Oath in the other House and all Members were standing up. The problem is when you start to invite comments, debate will come which may contaminate the oath that has been taken. For example, if Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo had stood up and said that, as KANU, they do not recognize that election; he would be quite in order to make those statements in the way everyone else is. However, now that Sen. Cheruiyot has been elected and sworn in as a Member of this House, he should subscribe to the oath and become a Member of the Senate. In my comments on the Standing Orders, there are certain things I would have said which may have been unpalatable now that we have opened up a debate. However, now that we have recognized him as one of us, at the first instance, it should be a solemn oath and it should rest at that. If a judge is being sworn in, you do not invite lawyers who are present to make comments about the judge. One can say that they saw the judge receive bribes and such things. Sen. Elachi has said very good things, including the issue of gender. I was once with Hon. Chelangat Mutai. A member rose to determine whether or not she should be called a woman. That is not a basis upon which somebody qualifies to be a Member of Parliament (MP). There is nothing in the Constitution that says one qualifies to be an MP The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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