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    "id": 571544,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is nobody who is disagreeing with your ruling. It is characteristic of you to give rulings which uphold the Constitution and the dignity of this House. It is quite clear not only from what has happened regarding the appointment of the Governor but even when the Inspector-General of Police was being appointed, there was a struggle for the Senate to be recognized as a House of Parliament and to participate in the vetting of the Inspector-General of Police. The lesson was quickly forgotten. It appears that there are some forces who are constantly denying that the Senate is part of Parliament. It appears as if there are forces in the Government who do not recognize this House as a House of Parliament. These are the mistakes that are leading to what you are seeing today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are also to blame because the Governor we are talking about is a good man and a good Catholic. He is not an ostentatious person. I understand that he is introducing very good policies at the Central Bank of Kenya; he does not travel with the battery of the militia that other governors are walking around with. We do not have a quarrel with the personality of the person who is sitting as the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya today. It is the process which ignores the Senate that we have a quarrel with. The question we should ask ourselves is what we can do about that process because it was fraudulent, unconstitutional and illegal so that we can correct the procedural mistakes which were made in the appointment of the Governor. We should be exploring opportunities for us to vet the Governor again as a Senate to find out whether what the National Assembly found is what we will find regarding him. The substantive point is what Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. pointed out; that there should be an Act of Parliament to provide for the composition, powers, functions and operation of the Central Bank of Kenya. This is not a money Bill. I would recommend that the Senate introduces an Act of Parliament which sets out the functions and powers as per Article 231 (5) of the Constitution for substantive debate in this House, so that we do not cry all the time and take some proactive action as a House of Parliament which represents the sovereignty of the people of Kenya. 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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