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    "id": 1114912,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1114912/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tiaty, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Kamket",
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        "legal_name": "William Kamket Kassait",
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    "content": "As my colleagues have said, it is important that Government departments adhere to the law strictly. I thank those who came up with the idea of establishing this Committee. These are institutions where the Executive takes advantage of its citizens. You can imagine the impact of making an amendment to such a very serious matter by including diesel. It is just a little amendment without public participation and following the other legal processes that are required. The only major problem we have is that sometimes we make very serious findings and recommendations as a Committee and the National Assembly and then we have the problem of the Senate. One of the major problems of the current Constitution, and the biggest impediment to legislation, is the Senate. Moving forward, Members of this House and Kenyans should appreciate that there is duplication of roles in the two Houses of Parliament. We make very serious recommendations here in terms of the law and then the Senate just goes and does its own things. One of the biggest mistakes that were made during the process of making the current Constitution was the creation of a bicameral Parliament without spelling out a very clear mandate for the Senate. They just have to duplicate what we do and take a lot of time thus taking us in circles. Anyhow, that is a story for another day. I thank the Committee and appreciate the work done to this statutory instrument. With those remarks, I beg to reply."
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