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    "id": 1061975,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "We have about seven months before we go for the annual recess and come back in February, 2021. We lose about two months out of the 16 months remaining. When we come back in February, we will go back for our party nominations which ends around April. Thereafter, some Members will have lost their party tickets. Some Members will have gone to campaign for governorship. We may have less than six or seven months of productive work in this Houses. One of the reasons why we should not have a long recess period is because we have no time. Let us take only the two weeks out of the old calendar, come back on 11th of May, 2021. I suggest that when we come back, we must increase the frequency of our meetings between May, June, July, August, September and October. Thereafter, I do not think there will be any very profitable time to contribute from November, going ahead. The last thing I want to say is that, part of the reasons why Members are saying committees must meet is to deal with the question of oversight. Last time we went on recess, some darkness came. When oversight was not going on in this House, we had the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) Scandal. If we were to close this House without the committees meeting, there is a possibility that the House will not have an opportunity to intervene if another situation was to occur."
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