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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I salute the three distinguished Senators that we sent to this mediation; Sen. Kagwe, Sen. Elachi and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. I can tell the House without any fear of contradiction that they stood the ground, negotiated without fear and they did not fear to negotiate. They did the very best for this House. True to the spirit of the Senate, they reported back to the parent Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget the progress as they moved on. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we stand here this afternoon to assure Kenyans that this Senate will live to its billing as the defender and protector of counties and their governments. This Senate will fight for resources to go to the counties so that we can have faster development. More importantly, if you look at the Constitution, Article 216 and 217 and all Articles in relation to CRA, the CRA do not seal anything, they only make recommendations and those recommendations must come to the two Houses for approval. Our team went to negotiate and they lived to our advice that do not go and negotiate from a fixed position. They were able to agree. We want to urge the National Assembly that in a negotiated outcome, there are no winners and losers. Everybody is a winner. We want 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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