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    "id": 691955,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, for giving me this chance. From the very onset I would also like to make it clear that I am opposed to this Motion. I do so with clear reasons. This morning when I was watching one of our local channels, one of the distinguished panelists who were discussing the topic, proposed that as a way of the country moving forward and our political process, that given a chance, he would abolish the Senate. I further listened to his argument and I could clearly understand that he suffers from what I have seen so many other Kenyans suffer from; they fall into the same trap of misunderstanding the duties of this House. I feel that given the fact that we are still a new House, we are yet to be properly understood by this country. We now have a chance because this is a sacred duty as protectors and custodians of devolution. In doing our oversight duties, I believe this path that Members want to propose will give us an avenue to be understood why a majority of Kenyans feel that this House is perhaps not so useful. The men and women in this House are persons of great distinction. I have enjoyed, in the few months that I have spent in this House, listening to the Members; it is of great pleasure. Unfortunately, it is a privilege that not many Kenyans have had. They have not had this opportunity. I believe that given the chance to carry out this trial in full glare of the nation, people will begin to appreciate the sacred duty of the Senate and how important our duty is. Secondly, Mr. Speaker Sir, this is not for a common reason but perhaps a selfish one; that a good number of Senators in this House have already declared that they are not coming back to this House next year. Some want to be in State House and others want to go elsewhere. For us who are still happy to be here as long as mwananchi can allow us to be, I think it will be good for purposes of institutional memory to be given a chance. We never know when we will have such an opportunity again to exercise this law. We do not want to be like someone who has bought a brand new PVR decoder from Multi-Choice but only ends up limiting themselves to watching the local channels and they never get to test the full powers of it. We have many powers as a House. So, give us the opportunity to utilise this chance. 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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