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    "id": 767280,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, I would like to thank you for the two communications. First of all, on the CRA issue, we play a very critical role as the Senate in ensuring that equity is achieved in our country and many Senators here are particularly concerned on the issue of marginalized areas vis-à-vis marginalized communities and the question of allocation of resources on the basis of marginalization and the Equalisation Fund. That is an issue that we debated in the last Parliament for the five years and, therefore, Senators must take the meeting that has been convened seriously. On the second communication, I would like to congratulate the hon. Senators who have finally been appointed by the NASA Coalition to serve in the leadership of this House. There was a very heated debate when you were away; the Deputy Speaker was on the Chair when the question of leadership was debated. Now that we have leadership on both sides of the House, I would like to start by congratulating Sen. Orengo. I am on record having stated that he is one of the persons who inspired me to study law. I would like to congratulate him on his ultimate and final rise into the leadership of the House as a Deputy Minority Leader. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also congratulate my colleague, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. who is very astute, committed and hardworking. Our sister, Sen. Were, will prove herself with time because I never had the opportunity to work with her. I congratulate the Minority Side for finally providing a list; unlike the other House, we have representation of women to their leadership. The Majority Side of this House must be lauded for having two women in the leadership of the House and not in small positions but in the positions of Deputy Majority Leader and the Majority Whip of the Senate. This shows our commitment to gender equity. I believe that as the Senate, we can work as a team. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the one thing that I request our leaders in the Minority Side is; now that the election is over and we have the President in office, and leadership in the Senate, we need to engage the Executive and the leadership of the National Assembly on The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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