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    "id": 1005481,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Another one is the Consideration of the National Assembly Amendments to the Early Childhood Education Bill (Senate Bill No.26 of 2018). This was also being prosecuted by the Committee on Education. We had also scheduled to handle the National Drought Management Authority (Amendment) Bill (No.26 of 2019) from the National Assembly. Madam Deputy Speaker, today we had a heavy duty of processing the new Committees and we achieved that. Therefore, the Committees will be sitting again freshly to elect Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons starting tomorrow. In the Committee Stage, we also have other key businesses. The most important one is the so -called Third Generation Revenue Sharing Formula. It will be processed by the Committee on Finance and Budget. The other crucial business is the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. This Bill shows how we share revenue amongst counties. Again, that has a statutory deadline of 31st June, 2020. On one hand, we did good in terms of processing businesses at the Second Reading stage. On the other hand, we really need to come up with ways to ensure we have enough delegations to process some of these Bills now laying in abeyance at the Third Reading stage. Senators need to take a break. We need to go and meet our constituents. We also need to go and lobby Cabinet Secretaries. I know that the role of a Senator is not limited to just coming here and pursuing legislation, but also other duties, including going to various ministries, meeting the people and listening to them. This is because under Article 96 of the Constitution, one role of the Senate is representation. You can only represent people once you meet them. So, we need a break."
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