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    "id": 1044357,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "elected for a particular class of people. I was elected for all the people who reside in that county. Therefore, my responsibility is to discharge my work, and representation to all these categories of people. I am saying this advisedly. I have seen of late, that this country is trooping towards class classification and that is a very dangerous trend. I want to warn in time that let us desist from that level of thinking. My interest would be that this Senate Business Committee, in fast tracking the agenda of the House, would look at the various categories of the Bills before the House and categorize them in the area of social-economic interests of this nation, children and women and the vulnerable groups, the societal agencies that we need to attend to, so that we can all feel that we have addressed the matters that affect this nation. Obviously, one of our pivotal roles is legislation. There is a lot of legislation pending before us and I believe that this Senate Business Committee will have the ability and capacity to generate work for this House, so that we are able to sit down fruitfully and prosecute the matters before this House through our committees and the normal Plenary Sessions that we hold here. We should prosecute the matters to finality and deliver to the Kenyan people the product that they need. I heard people making jokes about the BBI. One of the things that you are complaining about, the 15 per cent, which is already in the Constitution is not even delivering the kind of money that is required. What we are saying now is that, let it be in the Constitution and let somebody follow that Constitution. Let us follow the rule of law. That is why the Senate Business Committee is there, to bring us to speed on how we should generate the Bills that will create laws in this Nation, that we will be bound to keep and maintain. I thank you and support this Committee."
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