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    "id": 1160390,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here first of all to congratulate Sen. Kibiru - not for what has happened today - that the issue that is of concern to the Senate, he was the first to raise it. Remember when we were discussing the Division of Revenue Bill, during the Second Reading, Sen. Kibiru, on account of making his contribution to that Bill, made a statement here which many of us were not conscious of. He did say at that time in very clear terms that to proceed with the Division Revenue Bill, without resolution of the County Grants Bill would be a big mistake. I am so happy because the other day when I was coming for the Second Reading, merely to come and cast my vote, I had the opportunity to read the HANSARD of what Sen. Kibiru raised on account of the necessity as a fundamental condition precedent to passing the Division of Revenue Bill that we must have a resolution of the County Grants Bill, which is a Bill that originated from this Chamber. Yesterday the most radical statement that was made about the powers of the Senate being eroded on account of not passing the County Grants Bill in the format in which it was passed by the Senate. The person who said that we will be eroding the powers of the Senate if that happened was Sen. Kibiru. I am very happy that his position has not shifted. I want to report that this morning, I was called into a meeting in which his counterpart in the National Assembly participated in. On that account, they agreed that tomorrow the Mediation Committee will sit to agree on the framework as proposed by the Senate. Not the five-year framework, but the one year, the annual legislation in terms of a Bill coming to this House. Tomorrow, I am aware that there is a meeting which has been convened of his Committee to deliberate upon a report that is going to accept the Senate’s version of the Bill. That was a good report for him to give because yesterday, people were not quite excited about the proceedings and we had to go into a Kamukunji. Sen. Kibiru went to approach his people in the other House on the basis of what we agreed yesterday. That Order now requires us to go into the Third Reading. That Bill is being piloted by the Senate Majority Leader and not Sen. Kibiru. So, this is the appropriate time for him to make the statement so that when we reach that Order, we will know that we have made some progress. Now it will be upon the House to determine whether we proceed further into the Third Reading or we wait until that Report is tabled tomorrow."
}