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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to comment on two Statements. The first Statement is from Sen. Hamida on the delay in processing Bills. I fully agree that we have a very serious problem. We do our duty of developing Bills, but they take a long time to be processed for publication. So, I think that is an issue that needs to be addressed by the Senate Business Committee (SBC). We can even be told the process and the timeframe it takes to process a Bill, rather than just leaving it like that. You can say for one year you have your Bill not processed. I have an example. When the Senator of Kiambu County and I joined this Senate, we made a request. We did a legislative proposal for the Ward Development Fund Bill. To date, I have not even seen a copy of what we proposed. So, this is a very serious problem. I think that it is something that the leadership of this House should take up. On the Statement by Sen. Sigei, the harassment of journalists by the County Governments is one of the tactics of killing oversight in our counties."
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