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    "id": 1491208,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Bill that has been brought by the Senator for Meru, the Hon. Kathuri Murungi. Let me begin by saying that it has been my position that we, in this House, must bring legislation that responds to a specific question or problem in society. This afternoon, I am extremely proud that the Bills that have been debated here address a clear and specific problem. I did not get an opportunity to speak to the Bill by Sen. Crystal Asige. However, as a leader of a political party, the ODM, I know for a fact that we have had problems in many county assemblies. That during the nomination process because it has been left to the IEBC to determine which one of the three categories referred to under Article 177(1)(c) ends up on the nomination list. You find county assemblies that did not have a single person with disability nominated to the House. So, that is a specific and clear problem that the Bill that was promoted by Sen. Asige seeks to address. Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not know a single Senator who has not been approached by their MCAs and even the leadership of a county assembly to address the question of financial autonomy for the oversight body at the county assemblies. The functions of the county assemblies are no different from the functions of the Senate and the National Assembly. It is oversight, representation and legislation. Even in this House, we have had conversations about enhancing the financial independence of the Senate. Just last week, I saw people expressing concern about this ‘animal’ called Parliamentary Joint Services (PJS). At some point, maybe we, as Senate, need to be divorced from that animal so that we can have our own resources to be able to run our affairs. Imagine how difficult it is for the county assemblies because the Senate Majority Leader forgot to mention a famous form called Form C. At the county level Form C is the 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."
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