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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nuh",
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "the other arms of Government. I do not think it will be fair. I can say that it will be insane for any court to issue a court order barring Parliament from conducting its business, otherwise, Parliament will be rendered useless and will have to close down. If somebody goes to court, gets an order saying that Parliament cannot conduct this and that business, that will be utmost impunity in this country. One thing that I wanted to say is that the issue of the Senate auditing the county funds, as long as they are part of Parliament--- If you look at Article 95, the issue of oversight by the National Assembly is expressly stated in the Constitution, that the National Assembly has the mandate to audit the national Government revenues. The role of the Senate is that it represents the counties and serves to protect the interests of the counties and their governments. So, it is not expressly written in the Constitution that they have the express mandate to summon anyone and their summons are like the High Court summons, but they are Members of Parliament also. It is not expressly written in the Constitution that they have the mandate to check on county funds because there are also county assemblies, who also have the mandate of the people at the county level. So, there is that confusion and all what is happening now is part of the implementation of the Constitution. For that reason, someone might go to court and look for a constitutional interpretation on which role is whose and when to play it; it should show whether the Senate has the role to oversee the counties."
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