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    "id": 471214,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I have a Communication to make on the Parliament Week. As hon. Senators are aware, the national values and principles of governance set out in Article 10 of the Constitution binds all state organs, including Parliament, to provide amongst other things, for participation of the people, transparency and accountability. Article 118(1) (b) of the Constitution further requires Parliament to facilitate public participation and involvement in the legislative and other business of Parliament and its committees. Hon. Senators, in light of this constitutional provisions and as part of Parliament’s public outreach responsibility, the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) has organised a Parliament week which is scheduled for the period of Monday, 28th July, 2014 to Friday, 1st August, 2014. The Parliamentary week will be preceded by a breakfast with the media, which will be held tomorrow, Thursday, 17th July, 2014 and which will bring together the leadership of Parliament and the representatives of the media industry, including the Media Owners Association (MOA), the Kenya Editors Guild (KEG) and the Kenya Parliamentary Journalists Association (KPJA), among others. Hon. Senators, a number of activities have also been lined up for the Parliament Week as follows:- (1) A public lecture which will be held on Monday, 28th July, 2014 at the University of Nairobi (UoN), Taifa Hall, between 2.00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. The theme of the public lecture is: “Separation of Powers under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010: A 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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