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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): Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have listened and heard the various issues and clarifications that have been sought by my colleagues. This problem is actually bigger than we think. It is very big and somebody somewhere, for the past one-and-a-half years, has consistently undermined and subverted the Constitution of Kenya which can be a ground for removal from office of a public officer. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying this just to demonstrate to this Senate how serious I am about this matter. We have a history of going to court in the matter of the Division of Revenue Bill. Today, I am convinced more than ever before, that had we not gone to the Supreme Court, this year the Division on Revenue Bill would not have come here. What that suggests is that if push comes to shove, we have to go back to the Supreme Court. I will be the first person to recommend and lead in that effort because this is not about Jubilee and CORD or the Speakers of which Houses. It is about the Constitution and the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I say so because those who have watched the debates in the National Assembly will realise that when there is a Bill, for example, the Mining Bill, it should be open to everybody because minerals especially with regard to provisions on benefits sharing, have to do with how the Government and local community share benefits, and therefore, have to do with counties as the governments that represent communities at the local level. Not a single Member from the Government or Opposition Side opposed this Bill by saying that if they passed this Bill without it going to the Senate, it will be illegal. In fact, some of the harshest critics of this House are Members of the Opposition. I am not saying this to say the Members of Parliament from the “Lower House” are any better. In other words, I assure Members that on this one, I stand on the side of Senate. 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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