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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "that the adjournment of this House calls attention to. He has also said that we are going to a working session in Mombasa. This retreat is also critical because this House has established some new committees such as the one I am sitting in; the County Public Investment Committee (CPIC). That Committee has a critical oversight role. There is need for us to familiarize ourselves with some of these Committees and their procedures. More importantly, it will be good for us to dissect the nexus between such committees and the other committees in the House. I know that this Committee used to work with the other Committee that the Senator of Homa Bay County, M. Kajwang’ currently chairs. Sometimes, we do not want conflict in these roles. I recognize that we had the Supreme Court ruling that impacted this House in terms of our oversight and accountability roles. It will be critical for Members of this House to understand some of the terms that were used in that ruling in making our roles very efficient. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the terms used by the Supreme Court included “having a secondary oversight role”. These are issues that will feature more prominently next week when we go for this retreat. Lastly, it is critical to appreciate the fact that between the two Houses of Parliament, this House has demonstrated that it is a House of reason and the most bipartisan. When I came to this House as a first-time Senator, and saw the energy my brother, the bullfighter, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, put in the campaigns, I wondered about the temperatures of this House. The first part of this session has shown that there is maturity in this House. This retreat is akin to the one we had in Naivasha. We saw Members from the Majority and the Minority side working hand in hand to promote a collaborative platform, where we can continuously be bipartisan on issues of oversight and accountability. When we go to Mombasa next week, I am looking forward to how we can cultivate that culture of bipartisanship. Today, when we started the Sitting, temperatures were a bit high after the Statement that was made by Sen. Kinyua of Laikipia County and supported squarely by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. It looked like the temperatures were very high between them and Sen. Olekina. I hope that this retreat will make it possible to explore the concept of constructive criticism and constructive agenda raising in this House. As has been said by Sen. Tabitha Keroche, this Adjournment Motion is not only for recess, but for work too. I hope that as we go to Mombasa, we will dedicate ourselves to work, but also have fun as we work because we need it. I support."
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