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    "id": 861304,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "fights between Congress and the Senate, before eventually Congress came to accept that the Senate is the superior House. In fact, this debate that we have heard, where the National Assembly says that finance Bills should not come to the Senate, these are issues that were there in the USA between Congress and the Senate. After a lot of infighting between Congress and the Senate, eventually it was accepted that finance Bills must be processed by the Congress and get the concurrence of the Senate. In fact, at some point in history, the chairmanship of the Finance Committee used to alternate between Congress and the Senate. Therefore, I do not understand how somebody can make a conclusion that finance Bills do not concern counties. What concerns counties more than how we disburse funds to our counties? We as Senate, should each day in, day out, fight to ensure that we reclaim our space, truly represent our counties and that any Bill that affects counties must pass through the Senate. Therefore, once these amendments are processed, it will now be as clear as day and night that Bills that are sent to the Clerk of the National Assembly will go to the Assembly and those that are sent to the Clerk of the Senate, will be processed by the Senate. So, this amendment is coming in to cure some lacuna in law. When this Act was being passed, people assumed that Senate will not play any role, but having been in existence for the last six years - I can confirm that from our Committee - we have processed a number of regulations. There is a very key role that the Senate should play in scrutinizing these regulations."
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