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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Motions and passed them, then we went ahead to have them executed by departments of Government. They would tell us that they will try, but why do you not bring a law? It used to be the habit that you pass a Motion and then you start the process of creating an amendment to the law or bringing a fresh Bill which was very tiring and time consuming. What we are saying is that with this Bill coming into law, this will change the way we are moving in this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 4 of this amendment is proposing to insert a new part called Clause 4(a) to the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, to provide for reports on action taken on parliamentary resolutions. Therefore, Clause 4 captures what I have been talking about. It goes on to define who is a responsible officer and to whom a resolution of this House is directed at. The new Part 4(a) will mandate the Clerk to move within seven days to give the decision of the Senate as a resolution through a Motion to the responsible officer. The new Clause 4 (a) will be requiring a status report on the implementation of the resolution to the relevant Committee within 60 days. It goes clearly to set out what kind of particulars are required in this status report. The responsible officer does not just write what he wants. He will be required within the arms of this law that I am proposing to state clearly all the information that we have sought and to state clearly the measures they have taken. It also allows for extension of time. If the responsible officer comes and says in this electricity cost issue that is being proposed by Sen. Chute, that we have done this much so far, but we require time, then this law provides for that. It is not a punitive law, but it is changing what has been to the new era to deal with resolutions of this House. This particular law is a good law. I am urging fellow Senators to support it because it is necessary for the Senate to get its space. I argued here yesterday that power is something that does not allow for vacuum. If we surrender our power, for example, to the Executive, the Executive will continue to claw away on our powers. This is a reality because the Executive through its Cabinet Secretaries, they have this attitude of creating delegated legislations and rules that sometimes even kill the entire intent of the Bill from which they are creating the regulations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what we are saying is that is our power as the Senate. If we allow the Executive to get away with it, they will claw on it. I also argued yesterday, that if we allow the Judiciary to micromanage the Senate and we say nothing about it, they will also claw away on our power as a Senate. In this Bill, we are trying to increase our space and power; not only to limit ourselves to legislation or to have compulsion of law, but we are also saying that now resolutions of this House, through Motions, will have power and compulsion that officers of Government will take them very seriously. I believe that this Bill is good for this Senate. I urge my colleagues who are listening and following inside and out to support it, so that we can increase our space and the effectiveness of the Senate as we continue to execute our mandate as elected by the people to come and do to it here. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I sit, I thank the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JHLAR), under the Chairmanship of Sen. Wakili Sigei. They"
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