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    "id": 1050357,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "enacted into law. This current Senate can then take credit as one that processed the Bill to fruition. Madam Deputy Speaker, I have listened to the contributions that have been made by Senators. Let us not take for granted what Sen. (Dr.) Zani has said. At times, mediation is never easy, especially when you are dealing with Members of two Houses. This is not just in Kenya, but also in the United States of America (USA). Just choosing the venue of the meeting for Mediation Committee was problem. In the United States, for example, for a long time, the Senators insisted that there is no way they were going to walk across the road to hold a meeting with the House of Representatives. It was a big fight. What we are going through are normal teething problems. I hope that with time and the wisdom of the Members of the Senate and National Assembly, we will find a good working relationship between the two Houses. We are here to serve Kenyans, who elected us. We cannot let them down by engaging in unnecessary fights and wars. Madam Deputy Speaker, in terms of learning experience, I agree with Sen. (Dr.) Zani that at times, it is good to give fidelity to the Constitution and the law. We realized that the positon in Article 237 of the Constitution was very clear. Certain powers were given to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). We realized that there was very little that we could do, even if we wanted to support a certain position as the Senate. When we realized that there was provision on the Basic Education Act that was in conflict with the position that was being proposed by the Senate, we gave in because we have to respect the rule of law. As Sen. (Dr.) Zani has proposed, what the current Chair of the Committee on Education can do is to consider where there are inadequacies and make proposals to amend the Basic Education Act, so that we can align it with the Early Childhood Education Bill."
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