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    "id": 384762,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is with deep sorrow that I received the news that our President has signed the Bill. Since the Speaker of the National Assembly made it formally, I have no reasons to doubt. Even if there is any doubt, then it can be confirmed in the Kamukunji that is proposed by Sen. Orengo. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as Sen. Orengo and Sen. Wako said – and I agree – we have no business being Senators if we have no business to do with allocation of resources to our counties. Permit me to say this with great humility. I have said it before in this House that there is a possibility that the greatest threat to devolution is ignorance. I think that this ignorance permeates all sectors of public service, including the legislative sector. It is our responsibility – and personally I consider it my responsibility – to assist the President of the Republic of Kenya to understand the position and role of this House. If we do not get this one right, there is no business for us being here. I think that there is a deliberate scheme and conspiracy of certain institutions, as I said in my Press statement, to ensure that the Senate is discarded and that we do not play any role when it comes to important matters. In fact, while other Majority Leaders are being consulted on hourly basis, from my own sources, I do not think that our Majority Leader is even being consulted because there is a general belief that this is just a mere appendage in the institutions that are provided in the Constitution of this country."
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