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    "id": 578987,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Having said that, there is a matter that is really disturbing me - the request by Hon. Chepkong’a asking you to rule on whether the Senate should be allowed to deal with these things. He stated that the Senate is involving itself in matters they have no jurisdiction on. You have ruled many times on the clarity of Article 95 and 96 of the Constitution, but it seems not to be getting through to our colleagues on the other side. Therefore, ruling again would be doing exactly what the Senate is doing with Kenya Airways (KQ). To take up the suggestion by Hon. Chepkong’a - although he had it as a by the way - that it is probably time we take these matters to court to be interpreted for rather than burden you with rulings that will not be binding to the Senate and yet they have no plans of doing that. We must be sympathetic to the fact that those guys are suffering as they do not have work. They need to create work. Unless they are stopped by looking for a way out – and I do not mean a ruling from you which they will not respect. As a House, I suggest we do not go looking for opinions that are not binding. We should look for a clear cut ruling of the Senate role and ours. We do not have to do these rulings just as what they The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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