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    "id": 578970,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "spirit in which it is written. Suppose today we formed a Committee called the Devolution Committee and we started inviting governors and county executives, we would cause confusion. Hon. Speaker, it is fair that you stand your ground because you have our support to ensure that the mandate of the National Assembly is performed by this House and the mandate of the Senate is performed by the Senate. It makes Parliament look bad when the Senate is inviting Kenya Airways (KQ) and the following day, the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing of this House is inviting the same Kenya Airways again. The Senate invites the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and the National Assembly is doing the same thing. We look very bad. The moment we do not respect our Constitution on our respective roles, we will continue wasting Kenyan taxpayers’ money. My friend, Hon. Mbadi, is trying to tell us that he wants to make the Senate the upper house. Let us be very honest. This country is over-represented. We need to reduce the level of representation. That is why we are fighting for work. Maybe the work we have is less or some House has less work. We need to convince ourselves that we should have one Parliament in this country. The issue of devolution can be dealt with by a Committee of the House. All the roles of the Senate can be taken up by a Committee of the House, which can be done very perfectly. Devolution is very good, but we are spending so much money in representation instead of sending money to wananchi. Kenyans are tired of being over-represented. Hon. Mbadi should stop telling us that we need to make the Senate the upper house. We are trying to copy the United States of America (USA), which is 50 times bigger than Kenya. When we replicate everything, it is too costly for this country. It is high time we remained truthful to Kenyans and made sure that Senate does its responsibility. If they do not have enough work, they should only request us for more work. But they should not purport to be doing what we are supposed to be doing. If Hon. Chepkong’a makes his threat real of taking the committees of the Senate to court, I will second him on that."
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