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    "id": 640448,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Yes, in 1992. In those days, it was the President who had power to call Parliament, dissolve and prorogue it. Parliament was worse than a nursery school because we did not know when Parliament would open, close or go on recess. All these were matters in the hands of the Executive. It took a long struggle for this Parliament to capture this initiative and empower itself to the extent that now, it is Parliament itself which determines its calendar. Indeed, under the new Constitution, Parliament cannot be dissolved by any person. It has to run the entire five-year term because of the efforts of MPs. This is not a simple matter. Indeed, the exercise we are involved in as a House through this Motion is in assertion of that right; that it is this House which determines its own calendar. If the Members vote that this House goes on recess even before the Presidential Address, indeed, this House can go on recess. However, because we have The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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