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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This debate was adjourned at a point when I was coming close to the conclusion of discussing the points that I wanted to raise regarding the Bill that was brought to the Floor of this House by Sen. Mungatana, MGH, from Tana River County. I was on this point where I was explaining that there was need to effect certain amendments in order to enable this Bill meet the purpose of the drafting of this legislation and in order to meet the purposes of Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is also need for a national conversation on the concept of progressive realisation of economic and social rights as provided for under the Constitution. It is, therefore, important that this conversation presents a review of measures that will be undertaken by both the national Government and county governments at different levels to assess the impact and to analyse what they have worked on and come up with a review of what has worked and what has not. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a framework must be established after this conversation within this Bill to enable a measuring scale to show what would be deemed as having worked at the county government and the national Government level and the assessments of the measures taken by both levels of Government in order for these rights under Article 43 to be fully enjoyed by the citizens of Kenya. In that national conversation, there is also need to review the judicial decisions and the practice in comparative jurisdictions as to the criteria or index that should be applied in measuring and tracking the realisation of economic and social rights. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the oversight mandate of Parliament regarding monitoring and implementation of economic, social and cultural rights should be clearly provided for in this Bill. That means we need to have included in the Bill development of indices that even Parliament itself as an institution can use, first, to monitor the implementation of the economic and social rights by the two levels of Government. Second, to oversight other institutions that are working at a national level in giving or monitoring these rights."
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