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    "id": 1103544,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1103544/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I have the following Communication to make. As you may recall, on Wednesday, 15th September, 2021, the Senator for Vihiga County, Sen. George Khaniri, MP, while making a contribution to the Report of the Standing Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources on a Petition to the Senate by Rev. (Dr.) Emmanuel Chemengich concerning illegal alienation of land belonging to Kitale Primary School by a private developer, noted that Standing Committees make progressive recommendations on various issues touching on the lives and livelihoods of Kenyans, but the absence of an Implementation Committee makes it difficult for the Senate to pursue the matter with Government ministries and other implementing agencies. Sen. Khaniri’s observation was supported by a number of Senators, including the Senator for Bungoma County, Sen. Moses Wetangula, MP, and the Senator for Makueni County, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo, Jnr., MP, who implored upon the Speaker to convene a meeting of the Procedure and Rules Committee, to consider proposals for the establishment of an Implementation Committee before the end of the term of the 12th Parliament. This was not the first time that the matter of the Implementation Committee was canvassed on the floor of the Senate. Several Senators, particularly Sen. Mary Seneta, MP, and Sen. Millicent Omanga, MP, commenting on diverse matters, attributed the inefficiency in follow up on resolutions of the Senate, to a lack of an Implementation Committee in the Senate Standing Orders. Submissions have been made to the Procedure and Rules Committee, for amendment to the Standing Orders, to re-introduce the Sessional Committee on Implementation. Hon. Senators, the primary mandate of the Implementation Committee is to scrutinize the implementation of the resolutions of the Senate and formal undertakings given by the national Executive. Currently, this mandate is vested in respective Standing Committees as outlined in Standing Order No.218(4), which provides that: “The Standing Committees may, in dealing with the matters assigned to them under the Second Schedule, scrutinize the resolutions of the Senate (including adopted"
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