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    "id": 1426602,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1426602/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Where is the role of the Senate? Under Article 93 of the Constitution, 2010, Parliament has been defined as the Senate and the National Assembly. I agree with Sen. Methu that the National Assembly is the biggest threat to the progress of Parliament and the Republic of Kenya. If they are not undermining devolution, they want to de-legislate the Senate. Governors must get this right. The National Assembly proposed allocating Kshs391 billion to counties, and the Senate proposed Kshs415 billion. We pushed the National Assembly and the mediated teams to Kshs400 billion. When it comes to legislation, the National Assembly wants to legislate the Senate out. Nonetheless, we are telling them that we are going nowhere. There was a guy called Steadman who did opinion polls and would put the party leader of Sen. Wambua at the top. I do not know where that gentleman went. If you were to do an opinion poll today on whether to scrap the National Assembly or the Senate, Kenyans would scrap the National Assembly because they have continued to embarrass all of us in Parliament. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
}