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    "id": 1522371,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Sometimes, it is very sad for Kenya. When Kenyans were passing this Constitution, they thought that with two Houses and county governments, we would reduce poverty and rebuild our country, Kenya. But it seems every human being, including me, you, Hon. Speaker… Let me thank the Senate of the 13th Parliament because they tried their best to build the foundation of how we can work together in this Constitution and ensure the Senate stays within the roles that the Constitution has clearly outlined, and what it is supposed to do in this dispensation. The National Assembly should also perform its role as per the Constitution. But now, the Senate that we have faces a challenge because most of the senators are young. The Senate, where I was, is a place where you must have wisdom on how to make the country to move forward. The Senators we have today should be in the National Assembly. This is their House. The Senate needs people who have been in this House, and have seen everything that happens in this country so that they can help us navigate through what we are struggling with. Today, we have more poverty because most of the sitting governors came from this House to be governors. Even if we say they carry seats, they came from this House. Why can we not be different and do things better? I will go back to what Hon. Caroli Omondi said that it is time we change the Constitution and especially in terms of the division of revenue. Money must be divided in the counties and channelled through constituencies. Governors should be given 10 or 20 per cent for administration. The rest must go to development. When the Senate grills cabinet secretaries and generate reports after one year, do they ask themselves what they delivered? What the Senate delivers is critical after they summon a cabinet secretary and ask them questions in the presence of the media. What is this output that the Senate can table that has changed something in the functioning of the national Government? I humbly request you to sit and discuss with the Speaker of the Senate. Let us have a harmonious… If we talk about broad-based Government, the Senate must understand what it is. We want development. We are tired of these dramas."
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