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    "id": 944419,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Many people underestimate the importance of the HANSARD. They do not imagine that 20 years down the line, your children or grandchildren will be perhaps in a public spat with somebody who will tell them: “After all, your father or grandfather was there. What did he do about it?” All they will need to do is produce the HANSARD and say: “At least my grandfather, Sen. Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah, opposed or supported it with the following reasons.” It will give you posterity and something to be celebrated about. Therefore, it is not just an issue of agreeing or disagreeing. If you agree with it, why? If you disagree with it then why? That is the essence of Parliament; people could meet, discuss, convince or do anything that is possible until you come to a point of understanding and eventually voting saying that we think this is what is good for the country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is what happened in this House this afternoon. We have conversed and listened to opposing views, but eventually made a decision that we feel is very important for this institution of the Senate. Therefore, we celebrate you and what has happened. I have been nominated to serve this Committee. I will go there with an open mind. As I had mentioned earlier, I have friends and family who come from Taita/Taveta County, and they are worried. They look up to me and say: “You might not be our Senator, but we look up to the Senate to guide us. We hear so much fury and fume, and we do not know who is speaking the truth or lying.” On very rare occasions do we, as politicians, rise up to be leaders and stand up for what is right and good for the society. This is one such opportunity. Like it has been observed, some of those celebrated governors in this current dispensation of devolution are those who have heard to face the very traumatizing experience of appearing before the Senate to answer to charges of gross misconduct, indiscipline and all the kinds of things they are accused of by the representatives of the people in the name of the county assembly. They have explained themselves. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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