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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think Sen. Kajwang' understood what I said. I tend to believe that he chose to misunderstand me. It is not that he does not get what I am saying. He is being cheeky. I do not think that I need to b labour the point further because I have made my point. I was speaking about the issue of generic repetition of phrases that we keep on finding in many of our Bills that I feel our legislative drafting department need to take a keen interest on and perhaps, notice. Last week when contributing to another Bill, I did point out that many of our young people are jobless. I do not believe, as a legislature, that when given an opportunity to serve somewhere, you should seek to stay beyond the time mandated, either constitutionally or even do more than two or three terms. I do not like the phrasing that is used in many of our Bills where they say that:- “The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) shall serve a term of three years and shall, subject to satisfactory performance, be eligible for reappointment for a further term of three years.” It is never put in black and white. Kenya is increasingly becoming a litigant nation and when things are not so clear and black and white, we have seen courts grant leave of thought to many of these things. That phrase as it is scribbled in this Bill does not qualify to tighten the noose such that as a CEO, once you have been appointed for a further term of three years after doing the first term; that it is clear that it is your final term. You can still be appointed for a further three year term. I have actually seen, but I do not remember the court case number, somebody going to court to challenge this. Therefore, as we continue to draft some of these things, it should be clear. Why do we not expressly provide for it that the CEO can serve for a 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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