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    "speaker_name": "January 5, 2017 SENATE DEBATES 89 Sen. Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairperson, Sir, I can live with Clause 44(a) but not this one. Sir Winston Churchill once said: “I never became Prime Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire where the sun never sets”. We are presiding over the liquidation of the Senate. The problem is wider than the issue of electoral boundaries. The definition of a Parliamentary Committee in the IEBC Act is the relevant departmental Committee of the National Assembly responsible for matters relating to the commission. The commission is a very key organ in matters relating to the democratic governance of this country which is a responsibility of the Senate under Article 94(4) of the Constitution. How can you now ensure that the Senate cannot have any say in matters relating to election, delineation of boundaries and so on? How can you not have a say? It means that once we enact some of these things, this may be the last time this Senate is debating anything which touches on elections. If we pass this Bill, it means the National Assembly is supreme. Let us not undermine our authority, particularly coming from the National Assembly."
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