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    "id": 1516707,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mandago",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiplagat Jackson Mandago",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I will be very brief. First, I support the Motion and the list that has been put before the House. I support the team and also wish to congratulate the team that was earlier here for guiding the House and making sure the business of the Senate was able to continue. Through the SBC, as the Senate Committee on Health, our Bills were fast- tracked, and we passed Bills that have enabled the rollout of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). On today's agenda, I would only wish to ask the new team to prioritise the Bills that affect devolution because that is our core mandate. They should also prioritise Bills that originate from the Senate. We have seen the attitude of the National Assembly towards the Senate, and I think, as a Senate, we have no business in prioritising what they bring to this House if they have no regard for this House. In the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill from the National Assembly, they seek to entrench NG-CDF into the Constitution. Being the House that at the moment still enjoys the monopoly of the budget-making process and determination, it would be extremely unfair for us as the Senate not to prioritise a constitutional amendment Bill, so that we can be participants in the budget-making process and ensure that counties get sufficient resources. I, therefore, want to encourage the SBC to ensure that Bills that originate from this House and those that touch on devolution are given the utmost priority. On the subject that has been introduced in this House, although not part of the agenda of this House, on the issue of majority and minority, I wish to agree with my colleague Sen. M. Kajwang’ that as a Senate, we need to seize the moment and realign the sections of the Constitution that seems to have had omissions. We all remember the Constitution-making process that, at the tail end of it, that process was hijacked by a section of the population. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know you are an advocate of the High Court and the Republic of Kenya. The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) is all over in all the boards and all the necessary places because they put themselves in the Constitution. 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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