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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am actually glad that one of the Members has talked about the framers of this Constitution. They are still alive and I am one of them. One of the things that we need to do is to go back to the legislative history of that Constitution. One of the institutions that is creating a lot of confusion is the Supreme Court. When a matter has been taken to court for interpretation about the role of the Senate, they have interpreted it very broadly to say the Senate can deal with virtually anything. Within that framework, Hon. Ochieng,’ has removed words from my mouth. As the National Assembly, we like lamenting when we have the powers. Let us also do exactly what the Senate is doing; expand our powers. Let us call and summon governors here. If it is a free for all and we all want to do it, we can also ask governors to appear before us. Hon. Temporary Speaker, when matters relating to NG-CDF are taken to court, the argument is, in the Constitution, there are very strict issues that we are supposed to do as a national Government and all that. Nobody speaks about the fact that counties give bursaries when it is very clear in the Schedule of the Constitution that the mandate of counties in education is Early Childhood Education (ECD). Therefore, unless they are giving bursaries to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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