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    "id": 1195978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion of Adjournment, that the House resumes its sittings on 8th November, 2022 and take that break to plan. As we have said before, things do not go wrong; things start wrong. It is important that the Senate retreats to consider what we put forth as priority business. What we define as priority Business in the First Session, will dictate how this Senate is going to run. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is quite unfortunate that at the end of the term of Parliament and, particularly the Senate, you might find that the Bills that this House has processed are the constitutional Bills. Every year, we will process the Division of Revenue and the Allocation of Revenue Bills. You will find it very rare that the President assents to a Bill that has originated from the Senate. In the last Senate, I believe it is only the Tea Bill that was sponsored by Sen. Cheruiyot and the Assumption of Office of Governor Bill that was sponsored by Sen. Wamatangi. The other one is an amendment to the County Governments Act. Most of the Bills that originated from Senators got stuck. Some fell into purgatory because of disagreement between the National Assembly and the Senate. Some of them were time barred. Of course, there was also the issue of concurrence of Article 110 of the Constitution that brought back many Bills to the Senate. I urge that during this short break and as we retreat to strategise, we prioritise those Bills that were brought before the House in the last Senate. Let us shorten the publication period and exempt some of them from pre-publication scrutiny, if already the Senate had rendered its decision. Of course, every Bill must come back through First Reading and go through the stages. However, we can shorten the processes and stages for the Bills to come to this House quickly."
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