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    "id": 515013,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 431,
        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On a similar point, I also want you to broadly ventilate on the relationship between the two Houses. As I sat here to debate some of the issues as we were conducting business this afternoon, I have reliable information that the National Assembly was having a debate about us based on the headlines that were seen this Sunday. They called us all sorts of names and vitriol about our House not deserving to be an upper House. I suggest that you scrutinize the HANSARD of the National Assembly with regard to that discussion and give general direction with respect to the decorum of both Houses. Many times, you as a person, have gagged some of us in a good way whenever we tried to make reference to the National Assembly in a manner that was derogatory and in way that did not necessarily fulfill the aspirations of having cordial relationships between the two Houses of Parliament. I find it disturbing that any Speaker would sit in a House and allow a debate of such derogation regarding another House. This is particularly because the issues are broadcast on national media. These are the issues we have spoken about time and again. The two Houses should work in sync so that we deliver on the aspirations of the Kenyan people and to have the objective of Parliament achieved. I want you to have a look at that and make a broad response. An impression is being created that this House, despite the fact that it claims not to have work, is allegedly lazy and yet our committees have not faced allegations of doing vulgar things. To that extent, I am requesting that we move this process forward and seek better relationship with the other House. It is not true to say that this House has been lax in any particular way."
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