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    "id": 992604,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/992604/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if information goes out, it looks like it is the truth. If the contrary information is not given, sometimes people take that to mean it is the truth. For those who are listening who do not know what we are doing, they think that the truth has been said. We would like to use the opportunity as well to respond to the people who are in the general public, who think there was no quorum; that there were fewer people, and those who were outside the meeting were more than those inside. This is very contradictory. If the nation hears that, they might think it is true, like they said, that it is a coup. The truth is that there were certain lists and we do not know where those signatures came from. When you say that you have more people and signatures, the process was there for the first lot. We can ask ourselves the same questions. We can ask: how many people and signatures were there? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we just want to put it on record that we are duly elected by a sitting and a meeting. His Excellency the President, who is the party leader, chaired the meeting. For that reason, if anybody wants to know the details, they have already been given to the Chair. Follow from that. The ruling from the Chair makes us the leaders at this point. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I now just say thank you to the people who served before us, including my predecessor, Sen. Murkomen. I come from the same region as him, and he represents a neighbouring county. I thank him for what he has done as the Senate Majority Leader. It is not only that. When there was tragedy between the Pokot and the Marakwet, Sen. Murkomen spoke for both communities, and he was very eloquent. We had a tragedy and, as you know, the Pokot and Marakwet are just divided by a small stream. That tragedy for which we have not had an opportunity to recover from yet, Sen. Murkomen who was the Senate Majority Leader then, used his position very well to help our people. I would like to congratulate him. 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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