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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
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        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, thank you for giving this debate ample time for the Senators to express themselves. It is a very serious issue. I had the privilege of sitting in the committee that was negotiating the rules and regulations. I am a bit saddened that Sen. Murungi is not here because I know the amount of work and time he has put into this issue with a view to bringing it to fruition. The last meeting we had with the Members of the National Assembly, they agreed with us that all the regulations were in order after we had sat and changed them to suit the requirements that they had in line with the law, including taking it to the Parliamentary Service Commission. I, therefore, agree with my colleagues here in the Senate who say that this has absolutely nothing to do with the law. We are lawyers. We sat there with the other lawyers from the counterpart committee and went through each and every legal aspect of the regulations and agreed that everything was in place. Where these things changed later, we can only leave that to conjecture. It has nothing to do with the law. It has 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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