Senate Assembly, August 31, 2017. [Photo|the-star]The race for Senate Speaker's saw senators, go for the second round, Thursday afternoon.This is after none of the six applicants managed to attain the 45 votes required to win the election, with Clerk Jeremiah Nyengenye counting one spoilt vote.Below is how the applicants performed:Ekwee Ethuro - 2Rameshchandra Gorasia - 0Ken Lusaka (fronted by Jubilee) - 40Farah Maalim (fronted by NASA) - 23Dr James Gesami - 0Paul Ribathi - 1Spoilt vote - 1The senators went to round two of voting.

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In the second round, Lusaka got 45 votes, while Maalim garnered 25 votes.

Lusaka was declared Speaker by the clerk, after which he made his maiden speech.