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    "content": "“That in all countries where we have a Senate, the Senate has legislative powers on all Bills” This is a leaf they borrowed from South Africa which has a House called - it is not even called Parliament - it is called the National Council of Provinces (NACOP). That is set out in Paragraph 25 of the report and this National Council of Provinces has the mandate to participate in the national legislative process and provide a forum for public debate on important issues. Where the Constitution went wrong is that it did not take into account the fact that this National Council of Provinces is not an elected body like the Senate. The National Council of Provinces only consists of nominated delegates - I do not know through which process - by provincial legislators. If I were in South Africa, I would not have been elected by thousands of residents of Busia who cast their one vote for Amos Wako to be a Senator. I would have been elected by thirty something Members of the County Assembly to be their delegate. In South Africa, they are delegates, they are not elected. As delegates they go to represent the county assemblies in that National Council of Provinces and they have to reflect the wishes of the county assemblies. They are not independent with a free will of their own."
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