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    "id": 617223,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you exhorted us to reflect on our role as a Senate. Until today, I believe that our role will be the House that offers a sober second thought on matters of national importance. That underpins our aspirations to be considered the “upper” House in this nation. What we have demonstrated today is that just like the other House that we are so critical about; we are just another House that votes under the influence of ugali . There is nothing that differentiates us from the other people. We rely on the Auditor-General to give us reports from the county governments. If we emasculate that office and fail to give it the powers that can allow it to effectively operate, who are we going to rely on to get audit reports? Today, as the Opposition, we did not bring about some of the arguments that have been going around about the legality of Presidential Memorandum. There have been arguments that the President has got no business legislating through the backdoor. This is an example of legislation through the back door. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are calling on colleagues to look at the substance of these amendments. If we say that the Auditor-General shall get employees from 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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