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    "id": 933327,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Yesterday, we were told how two Committees of this House walked into Kitui Prison, and after that visit alone, more than 500 prisoners were let free. This is because they were incarcerated but they did not deserve to be in prison. They were let go just by a simple act of this House walking into those prison walls. That is how powerful the Senate of the Republic of Kenya is. Any time we speak, we should not appear as if we lack solutions. Anytime a person appears before this House either by way of Committee or plenary, they know its potential. When we handle issues, we take them to their logical conclusion. Therefore, I have heard a good number of my colleagues suggest that we go the select Committee way. There is a history. Perhaps, those of us who have been in this House longer enough know the history that led this House to move away from the select committees especially where governors are involved and opted for the Committee of the Whole. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. knows what I am referring to. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is my thinking that we stick to the particular wisdom of having a Committee of the Whole as opposed to a select Committee. We have been told that we are handling powerful and moneyed cartels that have a way of folding the hands of Members of County Assembly (MCAs). So, if we go the Committee of the Whole of way, I am not sure that the team that you might pick will have the wherewithal to withstand whatever will be brought before them. We have been more successful especially when issues of great importance to specific counties have come before this House. From experience, having served in a select Committee and sat through a plenary of the Committee of the Whole---"
}