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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this matter on former councillors is serious because I have interacted with a number of them back at home. I must say that they are undergoing very difficult moments in their lives. Therefore, it is very important for this House, through your leadership, to give direction. However, the big question is that we have an understanding pertaining to resolutions of this House. One, how binding is a Motion passed in this House? Is it a binding instrument that can compel the Executive to implement certain resolutions that we have proposed? Many a times we bring here Motions and Statements but upon passage of the same, they do not become action because most of the members of the Executive feel that they are not a binding instrument to compel them to implement the contents of the Motions and Statements. Secondly, as my colleagues have suggested, it is important for this House to consider bringing back the Implementation Committee because we have seen most of the resolutions of this House not being followed up by the respective committees. I have seen people working in contempt of resolutions of this House. An example is that recently, when the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries resolved and gave directions on the advertisement of bidders for Mumias Sugar Company, one of the governors, a reputable member of the society went to a function in Kakamega and said that the Senate has no powers to direct somebody who was summoned before the committee. Therefore, moving forward, it is very important for us to ensure that we have ---"
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