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    "id": 1425371,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "It is a matter in the public domain that there is contestation on the interpretation of Article 110(3) of the Constitution. I find it extremely pretentious of the National Assembly to purport to resolve that matter through a Bill, which is very partisan to interpret what Article 110 means for both Houses of Parliament. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have listened to Sen. Orwoba make a presentation. I want to say two things about the presentation made by her. One, I agree with her that, perhaps, it is time to reflect as a House because we have endured blow after blow from the National Assembly. We have had an attack every passing day. Every time a Bill lands in the Office of the Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya, I do not know whether it is by virtue of us being the true leaders in this country, or a demonstration of our efficiency in conducting our business, but we are in so much hurry to process Bills from the National Assembly. However, for them, Bills emanating from the Senate do not make sense. In fact, those Bills are always an afterthought. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, perhaps we should go by the Roman principle of an eye for an eye, so that if they want us to consider any Bill, including this Bill drafted in utmost bad faith, then they must demonstrate that they are also considering Bills emanating from the Senate. In the absence of that, let us deal with our Bills. We have Members here who have drafted hundreds of Bills. Let us keep piling our Bills to them and not consider Bills that emanate from the National Assembly unless they consider our Bills as well. On the second matter raised by Sen. Orwoba, I was just going through this Bill. I was shocked that the National Assembly has already started implementing Clause 12 of this Bill that we are going to reject, even before we pass it. How is it that a Senator would think of a legislative idea, nurture it, go through the drafting stages, lobby Members to support it, push it through the stages and processes in this House, then it finds its way in the National Assembly. Just by the opinion of the Speaker or a Committee of the National Assembly, they decide that the Bill is a Money Bill. For that reason, a Member of the National Assembly can just adopt the Bill and it becomes a Bill of the National Assembly. How ridiculous could that be? That the work of Senators is to think and to put in so much to develop Bills and push them through all the"
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