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    "id": 1028779,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1028779/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this debate. I want to congratulate you and thank you for having led us through this process and for demonstrating the leadership that was required at that point in time. I also want to thank my colleagues led by our Senate Minority Leader, Senior Counsel, Sen. James Orengo, Sen. Omogeni and all the others who participated. We want to thank you very much. We thank you for this momentous judgment that you fought for and, indeed, fighting for Senate. You are our heroes and you will never be forgotten for the milestone that you have achieved for this House. In my experience of legislating, I have seen how it is very emotive; it requires a lot of lobbying and balancing emotions of various stakeholders as well as Kenyans at large. By the time you introduce a Bill to a House, the amount of work and time that has been put in, is so significant such that when these Bills are declared Money Bills and are not able to proceed in the next House, even after having been declared by yourself, it not only robs us of the time and money that we have spent, but also the hopes of Kenyans who participated in that legislative process. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have to thank the Judiciary for this ruling and I must say that the hopes of Kenyans will be restored by it because all the Bills are pending and waiting for this clearance to go through. I personally look forward to your next Communication on the way forward. I can tell you that from where I sit, many Kenyans are waiting to hear and see what will happen to these Bills. Therefore, we look forward to that and thank you so much for that Communication. Just to speak a little on the BBI process and also touch on something that the former Senate Majority Leader has mentioned - I can see that he is not around - personally, I look forward to having women in this House. I look forward to a time in future when women will come here and vote equally as the males who will be coming to this House in the next Parliament. My good friend, Sen. Murkomen should not worry if he is called the male Senator of Elgeyo-Marakwet because there will be a female Senator of Elgeyo-Marakwet and 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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