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    "id": 1015318,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "We are where we are because when Kenyans came up with the Constitution 2010, they gave Senate a very clear mandate—to protect the counties. However, when the Senate came up with the Standing Orders, they decided not to protect the counties. The Senate committees are a duplication of the National Assembly’s committees. That is where we went wrong. The Senate should have constituted these committees based on its constitutional mandate, so that they can take time and look at some of these issues. This formula was presented by CRA to the Senate, according to Article 216 of our Constitution, on 30th April 2019. We are now in September 2020. This is when the issue is coming to the National Assembly. They had all the time to analyze these parameters and get people to explain to them the issues pertaining this formula. From that, they would argue out their cases and resolve this issue instead of taking us through the drama. When you watch the Senate proceedings, you see men crying and saying that they were taken by police officers from one corner to the other. It becomes a trauma which we should not subject our country to. We should discuss issues. What are these issues? The aftermath is what is continuing in the Senate. They are discussing what happened and they have even called the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to look at some of the issues or claims that were made by some of the Senators. Surely, we are taking the drama too far. We should have looked at what our mandate is, the formula and then allocate the resources. The only thing that I want to disagree with some of the Members is when they call this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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