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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Madam Speaker, I want to begin by thanking all the Senators who have made a contribution towards the Motion that is on the Floor of the House. I would like to emphasize only two things. Madam Temporary Speaker, you are a member of the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations and you know that even the law that was cited in gazetting sittings outside the County Assembly premises was lacking in any legal basis. The Speaker cited Article 126(1) of the Constitution. You and I know that Article 126(1) makes reference to sittings of Houses of Parliament and under our Constitution, the only Houses of Parliament that are known in this Republic is the National Assembly and the Senate. Issues dealing with sittings of any county assembly outside the gazetted premises is governed by the provisions of Section 2(b) of the County Governments Act, which requires the county assembly to put a Motion on the Floor, pass a resolution before they proceed to sit in any sittings outside the county assembly gazetted premises. I agree with the committee when you make a finding on page 29, that any sittings that may have been held contrary to the provisions of Section 7(b) are invalid and contrary to the law. The amendment of Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda is simply to bring that finding of the Committee to be part of the interim Committee recommendation. It does not go contrary to the findings of the Committee. Secondly, it seems that the County Assembly of Nyamira, together with the County Government of Nyamira are running a criminal enterprise. There is no way you can use a team of 12 MCAs to sit outside the gazetted premises and pass a budget. You saw the report that was brought by the other 22 MCAs where it is alleged - and I am using the word carefully - that the governor is supporting some companies associated with a certain clique of MCAs that are aligned to him."
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