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    "id": 704222,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the directions you have given. This being a House of debate, statements may be pronounced on the Floor, but the information or documents that you need to use to substantiate them are sometimes held by other persons other than yourself. If, for example, you go for a particular document and you know for a fact that it exists, but the very authorities that hold it, may be reluctant to give it to you. Therefore, you are then left with no other option than to appear in the House and say that you are unable to access it. So, we should have some bit of latitude because if we have a strict provision with regard to substantiation, then we will curtail debate in this House. Nobody will make an attempt to provide substantiate anything in this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even as you give directions, it should be understood that most of the time the substantiation is with regard to documents that are not within Senator’s possession, but other authorities that he may not have control over."
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