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    "id": 1120757,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. This Motion is very important because Articles of the Constitution are being flouted and there is nothing that we, as a Senate, are doing. There is need for the Senate to assert itself because Parliament has power to summon anyone to appear before it. I am not sure whether we have a law that can compel these CSs who flout Articles of the Constitution to appear before this honourable House. Articles 125 and 153 obligate CSs to appear before the Senate and periodically report of what is happening within their jurisdictions. Therefore, when they are summoned by Parliament, they must appear because they are holding those positions on behalf of Kenyans. Kenyans must know what is going on within their jurisdictions. Madam Deputy Speaker, we saw some Kenyans on Thika Super Highway demonstrating because of high fuel prices. They barricaded the road. They were sending message to Parliament to do something about the skyrocketing prices of fuel in this country. There is need for the Senate to compel these CSs to appear before us. If they do not appear, I do not know whether we can sanction them. If there is no sanction, this means there is a lacuna in implementing some of these Articles of the Constitution. I hope we enact a law that can ensure CSs who abdicate their roles and refuse to appear before the Senate. If we have such a law in place, CSs cannot fail to appear before us."
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