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    "id": 1493006,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We have had this debate severally, but we seem to be making no progress. I concur with my colleagues that it is time we either act or live with this mess forever. We have the advantage because the substantive Speaker came from the Senate and he understands the mandate of the Senate vis-a-vis the National Assembly. It is upon him, in his exalted position, being such a senior lawyer and legislator – and probably being one of the ‘shareholders’ in the current Government, if I was to paraphrase – to literally take up the mandate and have a sitting with the Speaker of the Senate. He should tell him to his face that the drafters of the Constitution, many of whom are alive, intended this function to be carried out like this, so as to avoid the kind of confusion and embarrassment we go through. It is very embarrassing to have the Senate taking the National Assembly to a court of law, and then we have an advocate from the National Assembly in an adversarial situation with an advocate who is representing Senate. Honestly…"
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