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    "id": 1204025,
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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, I also oppose this Motion. I want to quote the Speaker in Naivasha. You told us; “Things do not go wrong. Things start wrong.” We cannot start wrong this time round. We want to have a Senate that will assert itself. We want an SBC that will represent the interests of the Senate as an institution and not just political formations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is it that we are tussling over? The SBC is not just like any other Committee. If you look at other jurisdictions like the United States of America (USA), in the House of Representatives, the Speaker, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, has almost all the rights available to set the agenda of the House. If you go to the USA Senate, the Leader of the Majority of the Senate has the powers that we have assigned to our SBC. The drafters of our Constitution and Standing Orders realized that you could not give such power to an individual. That is why they decided that there would be a SBC chaired by the Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Sir, remember that the job description of the Speaker is in the Constitution. The Speaker is an Ex-officio Member of this House. So, the Speaker chairing the SBC does not mean that the Speaker sets the agenda for the Senate. That is why the people we send to the SBC should be people who have passed the test of integrity and acceptability across the aisle. This should not be a partisan matter."
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