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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senator for Kericho County",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the chance to contribute to this important Bill. Before I do that, allow me to first of all thank the people of Kericho for granting me the opportunity to be one of the Members in this distinguished House. It gives me great pleasure. The people of Kericho County, just like the rest of the other 46 counties, when presented with the opportunity to select a man or woman who would be the custodian of one of the best things ever to have happen to them, which is devolution, saw it in their best interest to give the chance to a young man by the name, Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot. Therefore, I wish to recognize and thank them for this opportunity. I send a message to them that I am here to do the great work that they sent me to do. Allow me to also appreciate my party, the Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP) for the chance that they gave me. Just like many other political parties, we went through a rigorous nomination exercise and eventually it was announced that I emerged the winner. Like in many organisations, you do not miss the naysayers who kept on asking about the identity of the young man who had broken out of the world of the unknown and now wants to sit and dine with the kings of politics in Kenya. They thought I would not be a good representative of the JAP, but the leadership of my party stood with the decision of Kericho County. It is a party that respects the ideals of democracy and they gave me the chance to run. Eventually, on 7th March 2016, the people of Kericho spoke loud and clear, and that is why I am here today. I want to strongly appreciate the JAP and urge other political parties that are represented here to pick a lesson or two from how we conducted a free and fair nomination. I was given a chance without anybody asking who my father was or how much I had in the bank. I am addressing this House knowing that the people that sent me here are the peasants of Kericho County who have many questions. They see the Senate as the only place where their issues can properly be addressed. It is their hope that as their representative, I will not for a single moment forget them and focus on other issues. The people of Kericho County continue to ask if the Senate of the Republic of Kenya is aware that in the last five or six years, the tea prices have been plummeting and now they have become impoverished. As a community we have put so much of our communal land under tea and our people get concerned when their issues towards that end are not 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"
}