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"speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Clerk, for giving me this chance. I felt the need to speak on this issue because I happen to have served in the last Session of the Senate in the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget that looked into this matter. We heard submissions from the governor as well as from the petitioners. When I saw the trail of thinking that was set before us, I felt the need to speak so that my colleagues Senators that are here today, whose minds may get clouded by the kind of innuendos being created about a certain candidate, may have a clear view of what may have happened and, therefore, not be unduly influenced to vote against a certain candidate. I want to confirm from the onset the recommendations that have been read by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.. Yes, we drafted those recommendations, but at no point did we meet as a Committee to ratify them. We were set to meet and discuss them so that we agree, but we lacked quorum. Be that as it may, we were supposed to table the report and have it properly debated. Second and most important is that the said person whose conduct is about to be discussed right here has served this country as a Provincial Administration Officer, Permanent Secretary (PS) in a cabinet Ministry and also as a governor. To reduce his entire Curriculum Vitae (CV) and only judge him based on the misconduct of his two or three officers who served under his administration, is a serious travesty on human"
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