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    "id": 1442904,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "country to go to the dogs. They love their country and their lives. They have a future to look into. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I must applaud this upper House of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya for staying engaged at a time like this, because this is what is required of leadership. The leaders in the ‘Lower’ House whose action has brought us where we are, have run away. We are here to clean up their mess. They should forever occupy their space and listen when the people of Kenya and the ‘Upper” House speak. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my reading of Article 115 of the Constitution of Kenya on presidential assent and referral tells me that we have a window to take possession of the Finance Bill, 2024, referred by the President back to Parliament and deal with it. I say this because the Article deliberately says that the President may refer a Bill back to Parliament for reconsideration. Article 93 of the Constitution defines Parliament as both the National Assembly and the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lead with courage. Bring that Bill to the Floor of this House this afternoon or tomorrow and let us deal with it. Regarding austerity measures as captured in the Motion that we are debating today, first, I want to call out the SRC, led by Lynn Cherop Mengich because they are completely out of order. How dare you publish salary increments for public and State officers at such a time as this? What exactly do you want to achieve? When the Senate Majority Leader was moving this Motion, he said that some institutions must appear before us. The first institution should be the SRC. Who has sent them to fuel discontent at a time when this country is bleeding? Who does that?"
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