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    "id": 489768,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I think that the referendum is not a subject in this House. It is not part of the debate of the House. It not even in the agenda and we do not know whether or not there will be a referendum. This House does not rely on newspaper cuttings and stories that are outside there. Secondly, it does not matter what people debated out there. This House debates on Motions and Bills that have been tabled in the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question that Sen. Kiraitu has raised is very important. I was not seated yet when you were giving your Communication, but I thought that the law is clear that when a Communication comes from the National Assembly, you only consider that which has been communicated. We have no authority to persuade or change that Communication, unless we disagree with the date. But be that as it may, you know very well that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., Sen. Omar Hassan, Sen. Okong’o Mong’are and I vehemently opposed the setting of ceilings when this debate was there before. Mr. Speaker Sir, at this stage, we are not talking about the ceilings. However, we must tell the nation clearly that we passed a law that says that this House will have the power to determine the setting of ceilings for county assemblies and county executives, as recommended by the CRA. My stand on that issue remains as it was; that we have no power to micromanage the county assemblies or deal with matters of setting ceilings. We must not deal with the county assemblies as bosses versus juniors. They are our colleagues and we must respect them. If those ceilings come to this House, I will oppose them, like I was opposed before. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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