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    "id": 1175801,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1175801/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "Distinguished Senators, permit me at this juncture to pay my singular special tribute to my immediate predecessor, The Rt. Hon. Kenneth Makelo Lusaka, EGH, MP, who was recently elected as the Governor of Bungoma County. He ably presided over the Third Senate and perhaps one of the most challenging periods in our country’s history. Historically, the first Senate was established in 1963 and functioned until 1966 when it was dissolved and merged with the House of representatives to form the National Assembly. The First Senate under the 2010 Constitution was inaugurated on the 28th March, 2013, primarily to oversee the implementation of the devolved system of governance. Hon. Senators, it is worth mentioning that at the onset of devolution Senate was sailing in unchartered waters. None of the political leadership and pioneer Senators had a clear idea what the task ahead entailed. As Speaker Lusaka noted on the 31st August, 2017, they had to ‘learn how to swim by swimming’ . It was largely trial and error first. The Senate of the 12th Parliament to a great measure played an instrumental role in improving the legislative regime, work systems and coherence of key processes that have gradually bolstered devolution implementation. My predecessors and the leadership team, guided by unit of purpose and the will to actualise devolution-initiated work systems, spearheaded a series of retreats, workshops and seminars that rapidly crafted the framework of transiting and administering Senate in the 11th and 12th Parliaments."
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