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    "id": 1023043,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1023043/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "id": 884,
        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon Speaker. I do not want to follow the line of whether there is capacity in the other House or not, but those who have eyes can see. My question is on the processes and how the Bills from the Senate are brought to this House. In particular, I had an experience yesterday where my clerk called me on a Bill that has gone through our Committee. We have actually even tabled a report and are waiting for a Second Reading. That was a Bill that originated from the Senate. That Bill came to this House around one year ago. It was referred to our Committee. We got a call that the Budget and Appropriations Committee had looked at it and said it was a money Bill. That was the Mental Health Bill. I would like to question the processes of how we receive Bills from the other House. Before they are referred to committees, should they first go to the Budget and Appropriations Committee? What should be the process? There is total confusion. We have wasted a lot of resources and time. We have done public participation and have tabled a Report in this House. As we debate the processes, we need to have a clear way of communication between this House and the other House. The big question is who cleared this Bill to even be debated in the Senate in the first place, passed and communication made to this House? Do we have qualified people in the right places? We have a clerk. There are people who go through these Bills. If we do not have capacity, could we hire or get proper people in those positions, so that we do not waste Kenyans’ money and precious time? We are discussing this now when we could be discussing something better."
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