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    "id": 350217,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/350217/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not sure that hon. Midiwo was there when I was making this clarification. However, the issue here is very clear. The Senate is not synonymous with the National Assembly. The two Houses have very distinct roles. One has a constitutional mandate to look at national issues while the other one has a constitutional mandate to look at county related issues. When you mix the two and bring them together, you get people who have been elected for different things to do a joint thing. I agree that we delete the first one and also be consistent in deleting this one. If you look at the schedules, you will see that within the National Assembly, there is a National Security Committee which includes the intelligence. So, the oversight role is taken care of. However, doing the job as a joint Committee of the National Assembly and the Senate is basically saying that we did not need the Senate because we might as well do things together. Therefore, let us make the two very distinct. Let us not mix them unless there is an issue that requires solution by the two Houses because it is cross-cutting and there is a provision for that even within the Constitution. So, let us delete this without necessarily spending more time on it. We deleted the first one. Let us be consistent."
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