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    "id": 1522367,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": " Yes, Hon. Speaker. First and foremost, it is interesting to have you preside over when the Senate is being discussed, having served in that House. That really shows a lot of comfort and the independence of institutions. Hon. Speaker, the formation of devolution in Kenya clearly sets out different responsibilities and roles across the various structures of governance. The mandate of each House in our bicameral Parliament is clear in the Constitution of Kenya. Yesterday, I saw a Senator on the Floor of the House using serious, derogatory and even vulgar language against a cabinet secretary. This is simply because they failed to appear before their committee regarding matters of the Budget Policy Statement. After a cabinet secretary appears before a Senate committee, then what happens? What next? The Senate has no single responsibility as far as the budget-making process is concerned. That is what came out clearly yesterday, that perhaps, they do not know their responsibility when they are equipped with immense work under the counties. I look at it in a layman's point of view that while the National Assembly is supposed to handle matters of national security, the Senate, alongside with the county assemblies, should be calling county askaris to ask what happens in the counties. Because what happens as far as devolution is concerned is bad, to say the least."
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