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    "id": 1061501,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, allow me to react to your Communication. I agree with you in your decision. That is the proper way that a proper House of Parliament needs to be treated, especially in its relation with the Executive. I say this because Parliament is a legislative Arm of Government. So, if the Executive has any legislative agenda that it want to process, it should make a request to the Houses of Parliament on what it feel needs to be considered. It should not be vice versa. This is not an extension of the Executive. It should not request that Members turn down their Bills so that its Bills can take precedence. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with you and support the ruling 100 per cent. Secondly, on the issue of concurrence, I know for a fact that there are a number of Bills that originated from this House and have been processed by the National Assembly. Therefore, we request that later on, today if possible, you give us the Communication so that the sponsors of the Bills know what the process will be, going forward. In conclusion, since the ruling that was made by the High Court in our favour, you and your counterpart in the National Assembly, have been consulting and trying to find an amicable way to resolve this particular issue. Perhaps, in the next few days or weeks, by way of a Communication, you will give us direction, as a House, in regards to the things that have been agreed on. This is because I saw some fairly good proposals that will move forward the legislative agenda of this current time of Parliament so that many Bills are not stuck. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that ruling."
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