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    "content": "Senate is superior to the National Assembly. It is sad that, yesterday, one of the speakers on the Floor of the National Assembly said that they do not understand why the Senate summons Cabinet Secretaries. They do not even read the Constitution. Article 96(4) is clear that the Senate oversights state officers. I request them to go back to the drawing board, read the Constitution and understand the role of the Senate. On the same note, one of them said that they should not even allow the Senate to operate because they have let the counties to mismanage funds allocated to them. Who made counties mismanage monies allocated to them? This House requested for facilitation. We have had several Committees to allow the Senate to get oversight funds. The only reason our Bills are shot down in the National Assembly is because they want to carry out the role of the Senate, which is oversight. Some of them want to go to counties and oversight them. It is unfortunate. Let them understand that the Senate is the superior House. Some Senators here were elected by more than 10 constituencies, when they have only one. Who is superior to the other? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I remember when we went to court to protect this House and some of us even agreed to contribute the legal fees, to make sure that the Senate is protected. The leadership of this House needs to stand up and protect this House. The laws are very clear. They have even said that they will come up with a committee to demarcate the roles of the Senate and the National Assembly. They are not even busy. Committee work is clear. When we dealt with the Solai Dam tragedy and the issue of land in Ruaraka they said that it is their work. They do not know what their responsibility is. Let them sit down and understand what they are supposed to do. Again, we proposed amendments to the Constitution, which will strengthen this House. It is high time that we dusted those reports and the proposed amendments from the shelves of the Senate and bring it to the attention of Kenyans to strengthen the Senate. If they think of abolishing the Senate, where will devolution go? It clearly means that the National Assembly is against devolution. We should make sure that we bring this to the attention of the public where---"
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