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    "id": 1028424,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "Moreover, a repeat of the legislation process will not convert a Bill that does not concern county governments to one that concerns county governments. This will only lead to wastage of public resources. Therefore, the Senate has admitted before in a Report of their Select Committee on Constitution and Legal Review that they have a restrictive legislative role with regard to approval of persons for appointment to public office. Therefore, there was no basis for challenging legislation such as the National Cohesion and Integration (Amendment) Act 2019, whose main focus was on appointment of Commissioners to the National Cohesion and Integration Commission. Therefore, regarding the clause \"Petition filed by the National Assembly was dismissed on the ground that it was filed to abdicate the fundamental issues raised in the petition\", the learned judges should have used the same criteria used in finding that the advocates of the first to the fourth petitioners were properly in court despite not having filed a notice of appointment and considered the substance of the cross petition, as opposed to the procedure used and other side issues. I want to say again what I have heard people say. I think we need the BBI for sure so that people have somewhere to go and complain about the Judiciary. Moreover, for sure, this House is independent. We have many things that Kenyans are looking for and I pray that between yourself and your colleague, the Speaker of the Senate, you can find a way to handle the matter. Parliament is one institution. How do we run to the Judiciary when there are simple things that we can agree or agree to disagree on? From where I stand, I see it as a waste of public resources. Even if we are going to appeal, we are still using public resources. Kenyans need this money more than before. Therefore, even as we look at the BBI and other issues that are coming up, we must look at the Constitution and see where we are going to get clarity in terms of the work of the Senate, and in terms of the work of the National Assembly. As Parliament, we can avoid these fights and wastage of resources. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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