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    "id": 469231,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " That is correct, Sen. G.G. Kariuki. The point of order by Sen. Murkomen is in order. As the Chair of the Committee on Devolved Government, he was wondering whether the substance of this particular Motion, being given notice by Sen. Orengo, may not be part of the mandate of his Committee. I can confirm that he is not “mixed up”. I also took a bit of time on this question before I approved the Motion. But I determined that it was necessary, at this particular point, for the Senate, through the proposed ad hoc committee to specifically look at the issue of the legislation and what the National Assembly may have passed for the time it was acting as the Senate. Those of us who attended the Induction Workshop in Naivasha will recall that the Commission on the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) actually made the point that there are pieces of legislation that had been passed by the Tenth Parliament, that they feel the Senate should look. So, in terms of just auditing the devolution statutes, specifically with the legislation that was passed to that effect, I thought this ad hoc committee would have merit. But that is not to take away the point. It is up to the Senate, to determine during the deliberation of the Motion, whether we should proceed along these lines or this can be part of the task for the Committee on Devolved Government or even fuse as proposed by Sen.(Dr.) Khalwale. That is for you to determine. But in terms of whether it is proper for it to be before the House, I can confirm that it is. On the other matter of discussing the conduct of an hon. Senator, I do not think Sen (Dr.) Khalwale discussed the conduct of any other hon. Senator. Definitely, it is not the conduct of the hon. Senator for Elgeyo-Marakwet County. He only tried to describe something---"
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