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    "id": 1103886,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. From the word go, I stand in support of this Censure Motion by the Senate Minority Leader. I have very few things to say because my colleagues have said a lot. Governments across the world exist to cushion citizens from hardships of life, secure the lives and property of their people and to make the day after today better for everyone. Any government that acts otherwise is in the business of losing its legitimacy. Allow me to clarify something although I do not see Sen. Cherargei here. We are not here to defend any sectarian interest or affiliations. On this matter, we speak of representatives of the people of Kenya from our respective counties who are suffering by decisions made by the Executive. It is important to note - it is a shame of association - that the two CSs that we are talking about today are former Senators. They sat in this House to represent the people that had brought them here. Now that they are seated elsewhere, they think they have become more special and powerful that the Senate in which they served. I wish to draw the attention of CS hon. Keter and CS hon. Munyes to the provision of Article 129(2) of the Constitution on the principal of Executive authority. It says- “Executive authority shall be exercised in a manner compatible with the principle of service to the people of Kenya, and for the well-being and benefit” Article 93 and 94 that establishes the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya talks about Parliament manifesting the diversity of the nation, representing the will of the people and exercising their sovereignty. In requiring the CSs to appear in a Committee of the Whole was simply in exercise of the sovereign authority of the people of Kenya, the Senate sought to understand why fuel prices have gone so high and why the cost of electricity is unbearable. That was the only thing we sought to know from the CSs. Madam Deputy Speaker, one of the CSs responsible for Petroleum and Mining, hon. Munyes has presided over an increase of fuel prices. The other CS has presided over the high cost of electricity. When they are called to account and to shed some light for the benefit of Kenyans, they refuse to turn up and begin to give all manner of excuses."
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