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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, firstly, I thank you for the clarification that you made on the issue of the Mining Bill. Your language was very temperate but through that Communication, you were very clear that the belligerence demonstrated by the Senate is based on nothing but false pretences. It is clear now that the Senate is opening war fronts on all sides. They are at war with the Council of Governors; they are opening a war with the National Assembly; they are opening another war with the Judiciary and even with the Presidency. Who are they going to leave out? Secondly, I thank the Leader of Majority Party for the clarification that he has made on the Bills which are pending at the Senate, the delay of which they have not even explained. Fundamentally, we must put the blame at the foot of the Speakers of both Houses. We have within the law, a provision for mediation. I do not see why the Senate must retreat to Mombasa and issue threats from there when the issue can be resolved here. If we go on like this, we will become the laughing stock of Kenyans. The time has come for this House to show the way to the Senate – that they are doing it the wrong way. If they are so idle that all they can do is look for fights, Kenyans should know. The threats that they issued in Mombasa are clearly based on wrong principles. Hon. Deputy Speaker, during the last Parliament, I had the privilege of serving as a PSC Commissioner. During that period, we set up a Litigation Department, which has some of the best lawyers in this country. So, if there is need to revert to the courts to resolve the conflict, then we must do so using the lawyers employed by the PSC, and not lawyers to be hired from outside Parliament. If that happens, we will move together as Parliament, because the Constitution defines “parliament” as the National Assembly and the Senate. Given the way they are moving, a time has come for us to show the two Speakers that they must sit down together and resolve these conflicts. Thank you."
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