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    "id": 1440440,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "one Act. At the end of the day, we will have one piece of legislation on children that can easily be referred to in court. Lawyers can use it and even lay people can read and understand it. What is the role of the Senate as provided for in the Constitution? There are many Bills that are coming from the Senate to the National Assembly. Some of those Bills are lost when they come to the National Assembly. This is because there is better and more robust scrutiny of Bills here in the National Assembly. I do not think the drafters of the Constitution really wanted the Senate to make laws, even within the confines of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution,but they have been attempting to do so. I have seen many Bills that are coming from the Senate on areas that are not theirs. The realm of primary school education is with the national Government, but there are Bills of that nature that are being passed by the Senate and come to this Chamber. There are so many things that must be done at the county level, but the Senate ignores them. The Senate does not want to deal with the issues for which it has been created. I want to tell Senators that we have many issues in the counties that require their intervention. There are many things that must be done in the counties. Concentrate there. We are 349 Members in the National Assembly. We can handle the issues that concern the functions of the national Government as outlined in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. This is a law that requires better scrutiny. This law requires us to look at it deeply. This is a law that we need to be very careful with so that we do not injure already existing laws. I have issues with this Bill. I will bring them when we get to the amendments stage so that we can make this a better law. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank you."
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