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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I have listened to the eloquent contributions which have been made by Senators on the important matter of the role of the Senate on accountability. I have listened to Sen. Hassan profess passionately the importance of participation and mainstreaming proper governance as per Article 174 of the Constitution. What is key is that as a House, we must never forget that the work we are doing is for posterity. It is not for now. Those of us who have come here must leave a footprint. It must be remembered. The reason why we speak on record is because it must be remembered that we had a role and we have played our role. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, since Senate came into being, we have played a critical role in various ways in terms of passing legislation and strengthening county assemblies. Our desire to strengthen county assemblies was informed by the jurisprudential aspirations of the Constitution which are basically that county assemblies were going to be oversight entities which were going to act independently of the county executive. Of course, there is a difference between text and the practice. In many of the counties now, Members of the county assemblies are appendages of the executive. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, yourself, I and Sen. Hassan are young people. It is frustrating because what we read in law school in the university – incidentally, we are all lawyers – was that classically a constitution as enunciated by Montesquieu is that there will be checks and balances in the arms of government. It was expected that the Executive arm of the Government would be checked by the legislature. What has been extremely frustrating for me, if there is a greater frustration in terms of politics is the 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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