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    "id": 572022,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "This is not a House of layabouts, but an arm of Parliament. President Obama having been a Senator, it would have been a matter of great honour if he would have addressed Senators and Members of the National Assembly. In the public grapevine, the story is that the institution of Parliament has become so dishonourable that the President of the USA would not want to associate himself with Parliament. I hope that is not true, but that is what is circulating on social media and the debates on social platforms. There is enough evidence, as Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki, the Senate Majority Leader and the Senator for Nyamira County mentioned, that there are certain things that we have done as Parliament that have robbed us off the prestige and honour that we are supposed to have. Remember during the discussion of the Security Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014, in as much as there were press-ups, the Senate Majority Leader did not say that a female Member of the National Assembly was undressed by people who were wielding tyranny of numbers in the National Assembly. It was a very dishonorable day but remember that on that day, there was a law in place. The National Assembly Powers and Privileges Act was in place and it clearly states that there are some consequences to those dishonourable acts. In this country, we tend to have a lot of laws and regulations, but sometimes implementation becomes a problem. The other day, when a Committee called a Cabinet Secretary to shed light on an issue of national importance, we saw the Members of the National Assembly acting as if they had been whipped, hired and mobilized to frustrate and interfere with the work of the Committee. An example has been given of people using pigs which is a really shameful act because there are people whose religious persuasion does not allow them to be associated with pigs and yet, we still had the National Assembly Powers and 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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