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    "id": 696887,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": " Order, Senators! Hon. Senators, I have a short communication to make. Hon. Senators, it is my pleasure to welcome you back from the long recess on this first day of the last part of this current Session which, as you are all aware, ends in December this year. Despite the numerous interruptions caused by Special Sittings, it is my sincere hope that you all had a pleasant recess. Before we went on recess, the Senate conducted a substantial amount of business in line with its mandate as provided in the Constitution. Just to refresh your memories, some of the business transacted during the previous part of this session and during the Special Sitting was as follows:- 1. A total of 20 Bills, eight of them with constitutional deadlines of 27th August, 2016 were passed. 2. The Report of the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 3. Impeachment proceedings against the governor of Nyeri County, Hon. Nderitu Gachagua - the first proceedings to be fully conducted in Plenary. This is just part of what the Senate achieved which indicates a marked improvement in volume and quality of business transacted over the previous sessions. Much more was achieved through respective committees as the House firmly and unequivocally took up its rightful place as the guardian of devolution. In continuing to exercise our mandate as a House of equity, it is my heartfelt expectation to see more business transacted by the House during this last part. As we resume sittings, let us all be aware that our in-tray is full as the following business is still pending:-"
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