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    "id": 650938,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you are right. Somebody plagiarized the Reproductive Health Care Bill (Senate Bill No.17 of 2014) by Sen. Sijeny and introduced it on the Floor of the National Assembly. The bad manners in the way we relate as the two Houses must come to an end. I, therefore, laud the Member of the Mediation Committee and this House that we proceed on with this Bill even though it was mishandled in the National Assembly. It is a pity that the Chairperson of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee moved the Bill, but out of 349 Members in the National Assembly, there was no one to second it. That was just a way of killing the Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to be honest and leaders of integrity. If we disagree, let us do so, on matters of principles. We must have respect for procedures and processes. If they want to disagree with the Senate, they should do it in a respectable manner and a way that is provided for by the law. However, I thank the Members of the Mediation Committee, especially from the National Assembly. When we sat down to look at the Bill, most of them were shocked that the Bill in the National Assembly that came later after Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s Bill had been introduced in the Senate was “a copy and paste” of the same Bill. I thank them because we ended up agreeing on a number of issues. We all agree that Kenya is a multiparty State. However, we need to develop a culture of strengthening political parties. It does not help this country to have over 50 political parties whose ideology we cannot identify; neither can we see the difference between them. It does not help this country to have regional or ethnic political parties. 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"
}