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    "id": 1033579,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1033579/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "(1) The Senate should review the Standing Order 219 and amend it to ensure that the work of a Sessional Committee continues uninterrupted until a time when a new Sessional Committee is established at the commencement of a new Session. The amendment is informed from the experience of Sessional Committees in this Session when the they were established on 4th May, 2020 as opposed to the commencement of the Session in February, 2020, thus wasting approximately three months. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I might hasten to say that there is a letter from two Sessional Committees before you for consideration. (2) The Senate should review the standing orders to change the lifespan of the Committee from being Sessional to a Standing Committee like its counterpart in the National Assembly that was changed from two and half years to five years which is in tandem with the current international practice following the resolutions of the International Association of Public Accounts Committees. (3) The Liaison Committee should consider increased budget allocation to the Committee owing to the heavy workload and backlog. The current trend of equal budgetary allocation across committees is therefore disadvantageous to this Committee. I thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir."
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