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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to also speak on this. I have absolute confidence in the lawyers representing us; that is Senior Counsel Sen. Orengo and the current Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Sen. Omogeni. I am glad that they see that a client must be informed at every stage of the proceedings. They have agreed to inform us because we are the clients. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want also to mention two things. Whereas the National Assembly before considered all Bills not to touch on counties and said we can only consider the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, we debunked the excuse in the Supreme Court ruling. The excuse they are now using is that this Bill is a Money Bill. Over the weekend, we were considering a Bill on Alternative Dispute Resolution which they said is a Money Bill and, therefore, cannot come. When I inquired, it appeared that nearly all the Bills that have come up in recent times are not going to come here, not because of the reason they used to, but because it is certified as a Money Bill. In this particular case, it is also an issue. Assuming the agreement you have reached on other issues, on the consent between the two Speakers on this issue of Money Bill, you would have preserved the position of this Senate in the legislative process. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I heard a young Senator called Sen. Olekina saying, “we, the young ones and that we are here to preserve the future.” Let them also know that they are where they are now because we “old ones” were there at the very beginning. I can say without any fear of any contradiction that had we not taken appropriate action during the first term; they would not be here as a legislature. They would be legislating only on one item. However, because of the action, we took, they are where they are today. We went to the Supreme Court under my watch as the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights at that time supported by the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, Sen. Murkomen, and the Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we went to the court and said that this is a matter of life and death for us. It is a matter that concerns our mandate as a legislature and, therefore,"
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