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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity that you have given me as well to contribute to this very important legislative proposal by Sen. Osotsi. I commend the hon. Senator for such an important proposal in ensuring this House’s mandate is fully enforced at all levels, not only when we are on the Floor of the House, but also to those who are supposed to implement or act on certain resolutions that come from this House. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have been taken through the provisions of Articles 125 and 153 of the Constitution. I will read Article 153(3). It says- “A Cabinet Secretary shall appear before a committee of the National Assembly or the Senate, when required by the committee and answer any question concerning a matter for which the Cabinet Secretary is responsible.” The Constitution, which is the supreme law of this country, has given this House the mandate. I do not see any provision in this proposal that would be deemed unconstitutional. Therefore, when we seek to provide a mechanism within which we can implement the mandate of this House, nobody under the same law will deem it unconstitutional. This is because this legislation is seeking to provide how to enforce and implement the provisions of Article 153 that require Cabinet Secretaries and other State"
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