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    "id": 392383,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir. While I agree with the remarks and directions on this matter and also with Sen. Wako, I am concerned, because in any government which takes governance seriously, what arises from the National Assembly or the Senate is of critical importance. In fact, if I was occupying the Office of the Senate Majority Leader, who I baptize “the leader” without any further adjectives, now I am beginning to regret, that having called him the leader, it will be incumbent upon him at the end of every day, to take an audit of what transpired and what is required of Government at the end of the day. Because he is not doing that, you can see that all these issues that are arising are bordering on Government responsibility and accountability. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for example, when I heard Sen. Lesuuda pleading – you know she is nominated by the Jubilee Coalition – as a Senator, what about the Senators who are not in the Jubilee Coalition and they may not be able to whisper to those in positions of responsibility? So, if Sen. Lesuuda cannot be heard, what about the ordinary Kenyans? Whereas I like the pontification by Sen. Wako, but again I would like to give free advice to the Jubilee Government: They should either have a whole department in charge of parliamentary affairs as is done in other jurisdictions or initially when we had Independence you remember Assistant Ministers were called Parliamentary Secretaries because then they would take the business of the House seriously. It is not upon you to tell the Government of the day what to do when issues arise of the magnitude we are talking about Baragoi. It is not a matter you can go out of the way to assist the Government of the day. If the Government of the day is taking proceedings in this House seriously as the National Intelligence Service (NIS) takes seriously where Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is eating lunch or where he slept, instead of using those resources following Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, they should employ somebody, attached to the office of the Senate Majority Leader to know what is required of Government from this Senate and for that matter, any other institution so that these issues will not take as long as they have taken. I know in the old days and the former Attorney-General knows, his office would assign somebody at the law courts to find out what has been filed against Government so that they can react. If you want it to appear exparte, you suddenly find a State Counsel there as you file and therefore you will not be able to find the benefit of prosecuting something exparte. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not about the little speeches the Senate Leader of Majority makes here. There is something in Government that counts for more than that. So, please, take an audit everyday and advise the Chairpersons accordingly, that if they do not answer those questions or react to them, it is the image of the Government that suffers. I beg to support your position. 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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