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    "id": 673171,
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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": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are always very happy in the Senate to receive the kind of visitors that we have today, both from our schools but, more so, from the Meru County Assembly. I join you in welcoming the very strong delegation from my county, Meru County. I am personally known to all the visitors in your Gallery today. I think this is a very important exercise where our Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) come to learn from the Senate how they should conduct their business within county assemblies. This is one of the very many delegations which have visited the Senate. Those who have been here before have gone back to say that they learnt a lot in their visits to the Senate. I would like to send our visitors back to the county with greetings to the people of Meru but, more so, to play a greater oversight role because both the Senate and the assemblies are supposed to oversight governors. Our greatest disappointment with some of the MCAs is that they are not playing their role. Some of them have become more “executive” than the executive itself and taken their role as that of defending governors or following them around wherever they go. I think they should learn from the Senate that our principal role in this House is to 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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