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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support because I was privileged to be the Co-Chair of the Mediation Committee. It was my first time. I am happy because we were able to deliberate and agree on these amendments that we focused on. I was so glad. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to state two issues that made us go to mediation. First is the issue of the exceptional circumstances as it had been put. You know very well that you cannot foresee a adversity that comes in the future. It would have been difficult for the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury to table to Parliament an increment of the debts because he would not have known when. You note that like the case example of COVID-19 pandemic, at that time we were asked to stay indoors. Maybe Parliament would not have existed and the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury needed to surpass the debt. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it would have been difficult within that time to table to this House seeking approval. That is what we had vouched for as a House, but it would have been difficult considering various factors. Another issue that would have also been a bit tricky is the market matrix in terms of the Kenyan shilling. It would have been difficult for the Cabinet Secretary to present to the Kenyans in terms of the dollar and the Kenyan shilling. It would have given worry to the market difficult because it would have been an exposure. That is how we were able to agree with National Assembly. Article 211 of the Constitution stipulates very clearly that ours is a bicameral Parliament."
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