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    "id": 1088233,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Madam Deputy Speaker, I am really worried about the capacity of the Senate to respond to emergencies. It is the persuasion of the Senator for Vihiga that prompted the Speaker to say that you must get to Vihiga by Monday because of the circumstances. It was explained to us that Vihiga was at a standstill and there were no operations going on. Indeed, I was in Kisumu over the weekend and got information that things are not going on very well in Vihiga County with four County Executive Committee Members (CECM) and the deputy governor undergoing the process of impeachment and bills not being paid. If the Senate cannot respond to emergencies and the people of Kenya know that there is an emergency in a county yet the Senate cannot get there in time, that undermines the authority of the Senate as an institution. The former President of the United States of America (USA), George W. Bush, did not make it to victims of Hurricane Katrina on time and that caused him an election. There are circumstances where people take such things very seriously. Other than the word of mouth from the chairpersons of the two committees, we need a statement in form of a message from the Chair. Issues such as procurement have been brought into place but there must be a basis upon which we can act in emergencies. The Speaker has been involved in emergencies. I am aware that the Speaker has sometimes been forced to go on trips that he did not anticipate. In such emergency trips, the Speaker is usually across the border representing the Senate or the Republic of Kenya within a day or less. As Sen. Murkomen stated, we need an explanation from the administration through the Chair so that in future if there is another emergency, we are not told that the Governor said he is not available and that now they are involved in talks about talks."
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