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"speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to take up from where hon. Odhiambo-Mabona was talking, because the architecture in the Constitution must be kept in mind all the time. This is because the competencies and functions of the Senate and the National Assembly are distinct in certain respects, including financial matters. So, if you make the National Assembly subordinate in certain respects to the Senate, when the authority or function is with the National Assembly, it will disturb the overall architecture as perceived in the Constitution. The point that hon. Odhiambo-Mabona was making and those who were in Naivasha will remember, there was a big debate about which is the senior House and I think we did not resolve it. But it tilted towards making the National Assembly an overall chamber in certain respects. There are certain things that must go through the National Assembly even if they were going to go through the Senate. My reading of this is that it may be well intentioned but if you go back to the Constitution, the structure then will be upset."
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