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    "id": 502274,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, let me say that I support this Motion. I want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation and thanks to the Senate Majority Leader and Senators such as Sen. Mutahi Kagwe and other Senators from the Jubilee Coalition, which forms this Government, for supporting this Motion. Their support is very critical in the survival of the Senate. We are aware that the first Senate went down because of a coalition between the national Government and the National Assembly at that time. We are aware that in situations such as Kenya, the greatest threat that devolution such as what we have in Kenya or a federal situation that we have in other countries, the national Government is the greatest threat. Therefore, to have Members who come from the ruling party supporting this Motion, gives me some ray of hope that we are going to survive. What I want to say is that with or without their support, the Senate is there greatly underpinned under the Constitution. Going into the history of this issue, you may recall that at the beginning of our term, we made a deliberate decision to go to the court for an advisory opinion. It pains me that we have to go to court again for an advisory opinion. Why am I saying so? We made that deliberate decision to go to court for the advisory opinion because, at that time, we did not want to declare the Division of Revenue Bill null and void because of the implications that it would have had on the financing of the Government. We went to the court for advisory opinion to advise us that, one, the method used in that Bill was wrong, but also to provide guidance on legislative procedures between the National Assembly and us. I am very pleased that the Supreme Court lived up to our expectations, that they interpreted Clause by Clause how a Bill should be originated, how it should come to the House, how it should be dealt with and after the debate what should happen up to the time the President assents to the Bill. They went into considerable details on this. The advisory opinion, also went further than that, they made comments on what a Bill 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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