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    "id": 808686,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Most importantly, this raises some more fundamental issues. We are seeing contradiction regarding the work of the Senate vis-à-vis the work of the Members of the County Assemblies and this House. This is bringing out a fundamental issue about the implementation of the new Constitution. For some of us who were in Bomas there was clamour for a Senate, but what everyone thought was that it would be an upper House for revision and where national issues would be discussed. Obviously, we all know what happened after a bicameral system was designed. When the issues were taken to Naivasha, our representatives in the Committee who were predominantly Members of this House, because there was no Senate then, in their wisdom decided to create a House that would not compete with this one, not knowing it was also going to be a House of Parliament. Fortunately, some of them are now in the Senate and they see the frustration of working in a House without a defined role. Hence, they try to look for work to fill the space because work will always expand to fill the space and time allocated for its completion. That is what the Senate is trying to do through oversight which is a duplication of the MCAs’ role. First of all, that idea should not be entertained, they should not go there to spend time duplicating the work of county assemblies. We have given county assemblies money to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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