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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I congratulate you for handling the Speaker’s seat very well. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need these committees like yesterday because there is a lot of work ahead of us. As the grapevine has it, we need to check what was done by the former governors who exited office after the last general elections. I urge Members who have been placed into these committees to work with a lot of integrity. As Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale put it, this Senate is made or broken by these committees. When it comes to oversight, we do not require the Supreme Court to tell us whether we are to summon the governors or not because the Constitution is very clear on that matter. Article 125 (1) states that- “Either House of Parliament, and any of its committees, has power to summon any person to appear before it for the purpose of giving evidence or providing information.” Therefore, we do not require the Supreme Court’s ruling. All we need to ask ourselves is what to do when such governors refuse to appear before this House. Madam Temporary Speaker, these committees have the powers of a High Court. Therefore, I believe that they can come up with recommendations, that such governors who refuse to appear before this House, be reprimanded. There are some who were summoned by previous Committees. If there is a report in this House which states that such governors refused to obey summons of the Senate, then they should not hold public office. A reprimand should be considered by Parliament"
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