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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a very great day. Actually, it was not today. The day this judgment was delivered was a great day for the Senate, devolution and for this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I want to thank you, petitioner number two, for accepting to be a petitioner in this case and for providing leadership. It was not easy. The day you signed these documents, a day before and the very day that we went to file these documents, we walked together from here to the High Court in Milimani. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that show of solidarity, you became the second Speaker who led this House to get the right decision from the courts. The first Speaker, Hon. Ethuro, led us to the Supreme Court. You led us to the High Court for proper implementation of that decision that we had received from the Supreme Court. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am happy to have been part of the petitioners as a petitioner number three. I want to confess to Senators in this House that it was not an easy decision. Being the Senate Majority Leader then, it was putting me in direct collision path with the President and the Party Leader of Jubilee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you remember an incident that occurred in State House before we filed this case having written a letter to the President that he needed to intervene before we go to court, but it was not very friendly. I knew for sure that it will only take leadership for people to stand firm for us to maintain and protect this House. That is why I want to congratulate the Senate Minority Leader who also became our counsel in this case, Senior Counsel, Sen. Omogeni and my brother, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for taking up the responsibility to represent the Senate for free. I also want to thank the Secretariat led by the Clerk, the Director of the Directorate of Legal Services and Ms. Mercy Thanji who did a fantastic job and a number of us who are lawyers. I know the Senator for Migori County, Sen. (Dr.) Ochilo-Ayacko, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, Sen. Pareno, myself and others gave our comments, including the soon to be admitted Sen. Cherargei, who was the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights then. He was part and parcel of those who contributed to this process; the Senator for Mombasa, Sen. Faki, and all the lawyers in this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to also remind my colleagues that Parliament is now going to be called Parliament. If you follow the procedure that the courts have highlighted, laws of Kenya will be laws made by the Parliament of Kenya, not one House. This is the point we have reiterated over and over again that you cannot have one House taking over the responsibility of making laws on behalf of the rest of the Parliament. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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