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    "id": 806734,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "As Sen. Pareno, the incoming Madam Speaker, has just stated, I am aware that EALA has been going round all the capital cities of the five member States. This has made the activities of the East Africa Community (EAC) to be known by members of those countries. Before EALA began going round, we used to have the East African Court of Justice, which would also go round. Although the headquarters was in Nairobi, they felt that they must go round. They would go to Kampala and Dar es Salaam. Our own Court of Appeal of Kenya, which was the highest court then, had the policy of going round the provincial capitals, particularly Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu and Eldoret to hear cases. Therefore, the concept of rotating around in order for the institutions to be known on the ground on what they are doing is well grounded. I will not speak much on that one because I have a Bill to speak on. Madam Temporary Speaker, the way this Motion is crafted does not reflect the discussions that we had during the Kamukunji. This was not to be the only county that we will visit. It is crafted as if this Motion will only give permission for the Senate to sit in Uasin Gishu County from 24th t0 28th September, 2018. Once the Motion is passed and we go there, it will be the end of the matter. It will require another Motion again to go to other areas of Kenya. The spirit that I got when we attended the Kamukunji is that this should not be the only county to be visited, and you have given the example of the Speaker of EALA who tried to stop rotation. Here we are only permitting sittings in only one county outside Nairobi. We may easily be told that we cannot go anywhere else because of budgetary issues and so on. These things happen in Government. I want to give notice that I will be moving an amendment to this Motion. Voting should not take place until that amendment is in place. It will be an amendment to reflect the spirit of the Kamukunji, which will in effect say that during the term of this Senate, we ought to have sat in all the regions. It does not have to be all the counties, but at least in all the regions of Kenya. The Office of the Clerk and the House leadership should produce a paper on the issue of finance and other issues that pertain to it, to ensure that we have those meetings. The meeting in Eldoret will be precedence setting for it will be The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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