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    "id": 774559,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "I do not know whether everybody, especially those who were in the 11th Parliament, will recall… We will very soon, in the next two weeks, be inviting people from outside Kenya to come and, perhaps, share with us in what we normally call post-election seminars. If you recall, in 2013 when we discussed this matter, the same matter that Hon. Kangogo has raised, the guest whom we had invited from the United States of America, upon being asked by several Members how government Bills find their way into the House…. Those of you who may recall... I do not know whether Hon. John Mbadi or Hon. Chris Wamalwa can remember the answer that was given. The Member for Suna East was there in person but not in mind. It was that Bills from the Executive, at least in America, find their way into the House on request. The Executive makes a request. So it can request you, Hon. Kangogo, if they think you are capable of navigating the Bill. They can request any Member whom they think…. It is just a proposal. They want a Bill for this or the other. They will request, so you will sign it. Once that has happened, of course, you will be the person they will give their views to. In fact, you may even appear before the committee, or if you may not appear before the committee, those people behind the Bill obviously will appear before the committee. They will therefore have proper interaction with the committee and whatever agreements they will reach they will inform whoever it is that will have signed the Bill on their behalf. That is at least the response that we got. Subsequently, we have confirmed that. So if the Executive requests the Leader of the Majority Party that, “please sign this Bill for us and you are the one to push it”, usually, that is what they do. That is what the Executive does. It gives the Leader of the Majority Party all the material that is necessary for him to move any of their Bills. I do not know whether that satisfies Hon. Kangogo. Hon. Mbadi wants to maybe pursue the matter."
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