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    "id": 1516681,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Onyonka Richard Momoima",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to thank everybody in this House, who for the last one year has been deliberating and discussing the critical issues. I am happy that most of our members have come back to this House and are well. In this case that I am not going to indulge myself on the legalese of this issue that has been discussed but I want to give a very short story. Madam Temporary Speaker, if Kenyans can remember in 2007 when we ran for elections, the House was actually in a stalemate. President Kibaki had 100 Members of Parliament (MPs) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) side also had 100 MPs. During that time, the only ‘outside vote’ was mine, which was under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). We had actually signed a pre-election agreement with ODM and that is the reason why my vote was accepted. I do not want to engage on how this will be interpreted as we move along but I can tell you, it feels so sweet to be in the majority side. Secondly, it is true that our job is to oversight. This year, I have personally learnt a lot. I have visited different parts of Kenya and seen a lot. I request my colleagues in this House and especially the Speaker, his team together with the leadership. Many Kenyans want this House to travel outside Nairobi City County. Yesterday we were in Migori County. Madam Temporary Speaker, you should see how excited the public is to see the Hansard officers, clerks, and even how we interrogate the Auditor General and Controller of Budget (COB) reports. It is such a beautiful and wonderful experience on devolution. We were even engaged with members of the Migori County Assembly who were really versed and knowledgeable about the issues affecting their community. I beg my colleagues to let us change the style. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope I will have a chat with you or the substantive Speaker so that we can actually hold these hearings with the Speaker, sitting in this House and us on zoom platform while we travel so that we can continue debating matters which have become public good or whatever we are discussing in the House. This will help us visit the areas we have not visited. I know we have gone to Isiolo, Mandera, Nakuru, Kisumu Counties and there was a time we went to Turkana too. When you visit these areas, you can see what the public expectation is. It was good to be in Naivasha County because we have begun discussing the issues that matter. I would like to state it here because many of our colleagues keep on hiding this thing behind their backs. Yes, you want to legalize NG-CDF, but you must also legalize the Oversight Fund for Senators. You want to legalize the national Government Affirmative Action 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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