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    "id": 384693,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank Sen. Orengo for the compliments. This tells the whole world how this House is working in a bipartisan manner. I read in the book 48 Laws of Power ; Law 42 says that:- “Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will scatter.” Article 96(1) of the Constitution gives the Senate a very important responsibility. This Article states:- “The Senate represents the counties, and serves to protect the interests of the counties and their governments.” I used to ask myself the question: “Protect from whom?” I have now known from whom. The counties need to be protected from the National Government and the National Assembly. As the Senate, it is our responsibility to ensure that the right process is followed. I support your Communication because the right process of ensuring that the Senate is playing its role is important. It is also important that this nation understands what it is almost happening; that history is about to repeat itself. We all know that in the 1960s, under the leadership of the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, there was a crusade against Majimbo which basically was to ensure that you take away all the institutions that were protecting federalism. As soon as the Senate collapsed, Majimbo or federalism collapsed. When federalism collapsed, the Supreme Court also collapsed. So, this is not just an The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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