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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. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I got the gist of Sen. G.G. Kariuki’s comments. I share with my colleagues in this House, the frustration of getting Statements in good time. I do not think it is the fault of either the Chairpersons or the relevant Cabinet Secretaries. This is because of the new architecture in our new Constitution which separates the Executive from the Legislature. Therefore, trying to synchronise legislative business and executive business is very difficult. There are two things: One, as I said before, a determination was made by the Chair that the Senate Majority Leader was responsible for getting most of the Statements and they used to come in good time. However, the Chair determined that according to the Standing Orders, it was the Chairs of Committees who were responsible for the Statements. How do we move forward? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you direct, we can have the responsible civil servants, as you have said, once attending our sessions in the galleries. Secondly, it is important that we have a session with the Cabinet Secretaries and the entire Senate, if we convert ourselves into a Committee of the Whole. That would help sensitise some of them. However, other than that, we are ready to help. I have not been approached by any Committee Chair who was desperately looking for a Cabinet Secretary because he could not get an answer in time."
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