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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. At the outset, I want to appeal to my colleagues that we approach this matter with a lot of sobriety, reason and tolerance. It is an important matter for this country. I fully subscribe to the sentiments that were raised by the Minority Leader and seconded by the two professors; Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’- Nyong’o and Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo. I want to plead with you that this is not an ordinary Bill and we cannot treat it ordinarily. Our debate will be informed by the Report of the Committee which, in your wisdom, you appointed to look at this matter on behalf of the entire Senate. We want to appeal that we defer this debate until Members have had a glance at the Report of our own Committee. Secondly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to bring it to your attention and I want your ruling on this because I am looking at the Bill that came from the National Assembly which is the Elections Laws (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 63 of 2015). It says that a Bill for an act of Parliament to give effect to Article 99 (1) (b) of the Constitution. I want to refer you to the said Article 99 (1) (b). It talks about the qualifications and disqualifications for election as a Member of Parliament. To be 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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