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    "id": 862085,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mpaayei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Phillip Salau Mpaayei",
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    "content": "Committee had no Senate resolutions to follow up on their implementation status in various government agencies. On Public Participation, during the period under review the Committee participated in public hearing organized by the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) on the East African Community Whistle Blowers Bill, 2018 with the other stakeholders invited in Laico Regency hotels to handover its memorandum. The Committee recommends that public hearings be held at the local level where a Bill will affect most if enacted. As many media as may be possible like information technology and local radio stations be used to draw the attention of the public to the dates of public hearings and submission of memoranda. On stakeholder engagements, the Committee met the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), EALA and the Nairobi United IDPs. The challenges and recommendations are as follows. The Committee has had to postpone meetings owing to quorum. Inadequate budgetary allocation to the Committee led to the Committee shelving some of its scheduled activities. The Committee has an enlarged mandate which includes equal opportunity and regional integration. For the Committee to fully fulfil its mandate on regional institutions like the EAC, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), the Committee requires an enhanced budgetary allocation in the next Financial Year. To this end, I take this opportunity to thank the Committee’s stakeholders specifically the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and the Ministry of East African Community and Regional Development for their commitment to working with the Committee on issues Integration of EAC and operationalization of EAC Institutions. I also urge Ministries which domicile regional integration bodies like IGAD and PAP, specifically, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to engage the Committee in the affairs of those bodies as a way of establishing collaboration and partnership with the Committee, to facilitate it to fulfil its mandate which the Committee will strive to achieve. In conclusion, the Committee extends its appreciation to the offices of the Speaker and the Clerk of the Senate for the support rendered to it during execution of its mandate. I beg to lay this Statement on the Table."
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