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    "id": 1415424,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Central Imenti, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Kirima",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to advance on the Bill by my colleague, Hon. Chepkong’a. As per the provisions of the Constitution, the purpose of the Senate was, per se, to take care of county governments but, as we stand today, other interested bodies have come up to try to give teeth to the Senate to deal with national matters other than concentrating on county governments’ issues. The Senate these days has assumed the responsibility of the National Assembly. It has gone ahead to form all the committees that have been formed in the National Assembly. The Senate has assumed the role of what is supposed to be done in the National Assembly. It has created work for itself. Interested powers have created collision between the two Houses so that they can have a chance to get in and divide them so that they do not have powers to supervise and oversee the requisite provisions or the requisite duties of the national Government. The major duty of the Senate is to check the welfare of the counties, especially the work of governors, or the relationship between governors and county assemblies. There is no way the National Assembly would impeach a governor or deputy governor and, at the same time, get the results or be informed of the method or mode of impeachment that is taking place in the Senate. In our Constitution, as it stands today, the Senate's major duty as pertains county governments is to specifically deal with issues that arise in the National Assembly only when it comes to monies that go to counties and not any other. The money that goes to the county governments and the county assemblies is the major duty that relates between the two The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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