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    "id": 621419,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ong’era",
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        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support Sen. Wetangula’s assertions. We cannot work in an ad hoc manner because this is a House of rules. We cannot have a situation where one Speaker wakes up one morning and decides that he made a mistake and, therefore, he needs to correct it. We must abide by the rules and by what is on record. The Constitution is very clear. Before any Bill is considered the two Speakers must meet and agree on whether the Bill affects counties or not. We cannot have a situation where to date, the National Assembly has “sat” on our Bills, 18 of them, and have never approved them. This is a non-satisfactory situation which cannot be acceptable. We are here not by choice or chance. We are elected Members of Parliament who have come here to represent the people’s rights under Article 96. We cannot have a situation where another House feels more important than this House. We know clearly that this is the “Upper” House. This matter must be brought to rest before we finish our session. We cannot have a situation that for three years, most of the Bills that we have passed have never been passed into a law, except a few which were money Bills. Therefore, this Bill needs to be completely ignored."
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