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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Motion as brought by the Senate Majority Leader stating the calendar for the Senate for the whole of this year. It stipulates exactly what we are supposed to do, when and the real Business of that particular time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you note that all of us remember that it is exactly one year since we came in as the Senate. There have been a lot of challenges that we have gone through. Indeed, as we go into year two, we need to look back and take stock of what we have achieved and how much we are yet to achieve. Particularly looking at the devolution business, I see that the Senate Majority Leader has really given us a time table which has a lot of business sponsored by himself and the Senate Minority Leader and touches mainly on what we are going to do, what we need to put up an anchor so that devolution can thrive. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is just the other day that we strengthened the Committees and we even introduced new Standing Committees in the Senate. One of the key Committees that were not in existence is the Public Accounts and the Public Investments Committee, for which a lot of work is now going to come as we complete one year. I believe that the relevant Committee Members, particularly during the recess that we are going into in the next few weeks, will have a lot of time to sit – nearly daily – to look at the books that will have already come through from the Auditor-General touching on the counties. It is time that we rectified what we were unable to put into focus in the first year, rectify it as the Senate. As we go into year two, we need to put into perspective what is required. There have been a lot of misunderstandings, people sometimes do not know the role of the Senate and you can imagine that sometimes a lot of the Business of the Senate is quickly taken up by our colleagues in the Lower House. It is, indeed, the right time that, as we produce this almanac calendar, we need to assign ourselves duties to know the relevant Government departments that are supposed to produce Bills which are supposed to be discussed by the two Houses. We should sit down and produce work that is appropriate for each House to avoid the confusion that normally occurs when people are 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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