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    "id": 734059,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 431,
        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Motion, but also continue to express my utmost reservations to the East African Community (EAC) in terms of its pace of integration and what informs it. You will recall that Kenya hosted the last edition of East African Legislative games in Mombasa. It was a grand meeting of legislators and secretariats of the various parliaments, where we competed in football, netball and various other disciplines. Madam Temporary Speaker, first and foremost, it is extremely difficult to locate the impact of the work of the EALA. I know our members from the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) more with respect with what they are doing to their parties than what they are doing in that assembly. Whenever they meet here, the President would come or delegate the Speaker of the Senate to open their sittings. Their normal sittings are held in Arusha. I hear that they are proposing an anti-corruption legislation, but how binding is it to us? I know hon. Judith Pareno more as the chairperson of the National Elections Board of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) than her work as a legislator. I know hon. Mathuki from the Wiper Party, but have no idea what they can quantify in terms of their impact. If I will be party to appointment of these individuals, they must report to us. If I am appointing you, then you need to account to me. I am here validating seven Senators to sit in a Joint Select Committee to appoint nine Members of the EALA who will earn as 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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