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        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the opportunity. First, I want to thank the Speaker of the House for allowing this Special Sitting to discuss this very important Motion relating to the budget process. I also want to thank the Mover, Sen. Murkomen, for effectively and eloquently moving the Motion and to my leader, Sen. Wetangula, for expounding on this Motion when he seconded it and laying the basis for informed debate. The people of Kenya adopted the Constitution of Kenya 2010 overwhelmingly because we all wanted a break from the past constitutional order which placed too much power at the centre and which placed too much power in the hands of a few individuals and the small number of institutions. Therefore, Kenyans deliberately chose to share power by spreading it across many institutions and even distribute some of that power to the counties through the establishment of county governments. The new constitutional order created new institutions including independent constitution commissions to guarantee checks and balances in the management of public affairs. A bicameral Parliament was also created with the two Chambers, the National Assembly and the Senate, each being assigned clear and specific mandates with details on how these mandates will be discharged. Despite the good intentions of the drafters of our Constitution and the clear provisions in our Constitution itself, there is no doubt in my mind that there are people in this country, some of them in strategic positions who have put schemes in place to undermine this Senate, render it ineffective and irrelevant and they believe that in so doing, they will scatter devolution and go back to centralizing decision making. Madam Temporary Speaker, you will recall that through the initiative of Sen. Sang of Nandi County, both Houses of Parliament passed legislation to provide for the establishment of the County Development Boards to provide a forum in each county for consultation between the various elected leaders together with key players in matters relating to development activities within the counties. You are also aware that this law, although it was ultimately assented to, has actually not seen the light of day because some governors got together and decided to frustrate the implementation of this law. 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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