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    "id": 385894,
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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Senate resolves to establish a Committee to be designated as the Liaison Committee comprising Chairpersons of all Senate Committees excluding Joint and ad hoc committees to coordinate the activities and operations of all committees of the Senate. It is the tradition of Parliament that Parliamentary Committees may need to meet and work in harmony. This will promote holistic workings of this House. We have already put in place a number of departmental committees, Standing Committees and Sessional Committees. The meetings for those committees have started being held. What we are lacking is a Liaison Committee which traditionally would be expected to be chaired by the Deputy Speaker involving Chairpersons of Committees other than ad hoc Committees and Joint Committees. These are committees that comprise both the Senate and the National Assembly. It is of utmost urgency that this Senate considers the establishment of a Liaison Committee that will act as a fulcrum for the activities of the various Committees that this House has put in place. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a fairly straightforward Motion which I think this Senate should put into consideration and approve as soon as possible so that we can start working for this country according to our mandate under the Constitution. With those remarks, I beg to move and request Senator Beatrice Elachi to Second."
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