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    "id": 571244,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, after the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget has spoken, Sen. Billow, who shoots straight every day, I would like to support him. First, we have Committees of this House which have scheduled their meetings on those mornings when we are being requested to come here. These Committees sometimes have time-bound responsibilities. They cannot afford to change their sittings. Secondly, these Committees also invite people who are equally busy to appear before them. Bringing this Motion today, when we have already scheduled meetings for next week, makes it difficult for us, as Committees, to function. I remind the House that quite a good number of Members of this House are Members of multiple Committees. They try their best to serve them almost on a daily basis. Since these Committees have to meet in the mornings on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Now, we even meet on Mondays and Fridays to catch up on our work. As we come towards going for recess next week, therefore, the Committees also want to make sure that they do their work. Further, we are even scheduling ourselves to meet during the recess. This means that we are taking our responsibility further to invade the period of time that we could have spent in our counties. I, therefore, request the political leadership of the House, that when such Motions are being brought to the House, they should consult with Committee Chairpersons to find out whether this will be a possibility or not rather than come to the Floor of the House, be ambushed by a proposal like this, and then we are compelled to oppose because of other schedules of Committees which are equally important. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the House to another issue that Sen. Elachi mentioned. The National Assembly does not pay attention to Bills passed by this House; neither is it reporting back to us. Could I be in order to appeal to the political leadership of the House to meet their counterparts in the National Assembly and in the spirit of fulfilling the principles in the Constitution; that we are a Parliament of two Houses, and the laws that we make in both Houses, are towards the building and good governance of our nation--- Any form of political hubris or peer rivalry between the two 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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