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    "speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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    "content": "coming from. An issue that is 100 per cent within the mandate of a Committee in the National Assembly goes to the other House. You know the role of that House. The Executive is now put in a very awkward position because there is no avenue to implement. Equally, because they are Members of Parliament and politicians, they will just have to run with it once they find a grey area. That is exactly what is happening. I plead with you and the Leader of the Majority Party to allow Chairs and Vice-Chairs some power to exercise a bit of order. I have also been in this situation before. They should be encouraged. There is nothing to fear. As long as you follow the due process of the law, any report generated will ultimately come to the Speaker, who has to go through it. I am sure you will decline to sign if it is unconstitutional. I have always viewed this august House, particularly the National Assembly, as a very important House. You now have a fifth role. Once elected, your first mandate is representation; the second is oversight; the third is budget making; and the fourth is legislation. Your fifth role is now chairing a Committee. That gives you another mandate. Hon. Speaker, I think my good friend, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah and other leaders need to have a closed-door session with the Chairs and the Vice-Chairs. In addition to urging them to attend the House Sessions, there is also a need to take them through Reports. Once generated, Reports go through validation. We have a competent secretariat. Jurisdictional conflict will end because the Senate will limit itself to its role of overseeing devolution. With what is happening, I am sure you sometimes ask yourself if we have two National Assemblies. We have the Senate and the National Assembly, whose roles we know. In conclusion, notwithstanding your qualifications, there is a reason as to why you have been elected Chair of a Committee. It must come with certain considerations. Those of us floating in Jubilee will have another day to talk about our issues. Politics is very dynamic. Hon. Speaker, you remember the last time you were ejected from the Senate leadership. That was a lesson. As Members of the Jubilee Party, we will have another day to put forth our issues. For now, we will support what is there. How we ended up there is history. I will just use those quotable quotes from you: “It may be a blessing in disguise.” I congratulate all the Chairs and Vice-Chairs who have been given positions. Please, take it seriously. Let it not be a paper title but a real title that will add value to the image of this House. As Hon. Nyikal has rightly put it, the atmosphere is pregnant with expectations because we have a broad-based government. That means the modus operandi will change. I wish you well. Carry our image. I would not say we are \"the Upper House\", but we are the critical House. Please protect our image out there in the community. We are now under serious scrutiny by members of the Fourth Estate. We need to reinvent ourselves so that it answers re-election. You know how difficult it is to be re-elected. That enhances our name and continuity. I wish you well."
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