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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to second this Bill brought by Sen. (Dr.) Zani. Let me, first of all, thank her for bringing such a great Bill. Very many of us have been complaining and requesting for an Implementation Committee because there is so much work that has been done by this House since we started in 2017. Some of the work has been collecting dust. We have had several Motions, Statements and Committee proceedings. In fact, on a quarterly basis, we have committees presenting the work that they have done. Yesterday we listened to the Chairperson of the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources and he brought out several pertinent issues on land that speak on land injustices. We also listened to the Report by the Committee on Health that spoke on COVID- 19 funds and what is going on in the counties. We listened to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, which I am part of, that has done a lot of work when it comes to labour matters. The Committee on Education has also done so much work. Our major challenge is implementation. Madam Deputy Speaker, this has been so much of a challenge, and that is why every now and then we bring to the Floor the fact that we need an Implementation Committee so that we could have an avenue to follow up. You have heard many Senators wondering what happened. We have repeated several Statements. Sometimes we bring Statements, and while people are still awaiting implementation, they realize that nothing is going on. We have had people bringing Statements and Petitions to this House, but because of lack of implementation, they are taken to the National Assembly. After the National Assembly, they rotate. Our people have been rotating from both Houses trying to find solutions because of lack of implementation. Madam Deputy Speaker, Clause 23C of this Bill specifies the statutory obligations of the particular officers in terms of fines or penalties up to the tune of Kshs500,000, failure to which a person can be jailed for six months. Apart from that, Clause 23D gives powers to the Speaker to direct the concerned people to bring resolutions to the House. This provides various avenues through which we shall call for implementation of those Motions, Statements and the work done by Committees of this House. Clause 23E speaks on the avenues through which Parliament can get information from public officers. I love part 7, which specifies that Parliamentarians represent the will of the people. The reason why I say our people have suffered is lack of implementation by officers who are paid using taxpayers’ money but they fail to follow up. Many of our Senators have complained here. Sometimes we call on board Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) and other officers to come to our committees and they fail to appear. Sometimes they appear, listen to what we present, take it up, then that is the end of the story. It ends with listening and that is all. I think that it is high time that such a Bill The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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