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    "id": 1165841,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, since we resumed business, the Senate Majority Leader has laid many papers before the House. A majority of them are reports of the Auditor-General on the accounts of various county executives, assemblies and various funds. For those of us who still go out to seek votes to come back to this House, the biggest question has been the action taken by the House on the reports of the Auditor- General. There is a lot of concern that some of these reports touch on governors whose terms are coming to an end. Therefore, there is concern that they will not be brought to account. Could the Senate Majority Leader brief the House on when the leadership intends to reconstitute the Sessional Committees; that is the Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) and the Delegated Legislation Committee? All the tens or hundreds of reports that have been laid on the Table, will be not be acted upon if those committees are not reconstituted. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the leadership should also do some hygiene around membership of Committees. For example, Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura’s position as a Senator was affirmed by the court. When he came back to the Senate to take his rightful place, he went back to the Committees that he sat in previously. It is very difficult for the Chairpersons of those Committees to be the ones telling him that he had been substituted. It is the leadership that should give him guidance. The Whip on the Majority side should give guidance to Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura. If he has been replaced in Committees, it looks like that information has not got to him. He is attending Committee meetings faithfully and religiously. It is still okay because any Senator has a right to attend any Committee meeting. However, the problem only comes in when it comes to voting and benefits or entitlements of being a Committee member. I urge the Senate Majority Leader to assure the House the hygiene will be done and that the Sessional Committees will be reconstituted in good time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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