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    "id": 901426,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Outa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Fredrick Otieno Outa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also join you in welcoming the students from Muindi Bingu Secondary School and Mara Siongiroi Senior Academy Secondary school from Bomet. We want to allow the students to learn from the best House of Parliament; the Senate. It is my prayer that at the end, they will acquaint themselves with the proceedings of the House and, in future, make the right choice to be Senators in the Republic of Kenya. I thank the students of Mara Siongiroi in Bomet County who are my neighbours. As they go back, I send them my regards to my sister-in-law who is the current governor of Bomet County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also take a cue from the Senate Majority Leader who has tried to advise the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and people who do not want to obey summons by this House. This is also extended to the Council of Governors (CoGs) who have made a declaration on the roadside that governors should not appear before the Senate. The Chairperson of the CoGs is an experienced person who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) and a Minister. Therefore, he understands the Standing Orders and the Constitution. He cannot tell the governors not to appear before the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. We want the governors to know that this House is given a mandate to oversight them. For example, we know how money is mismanaged in some of those counties. That is why we are giving them a warning that any governor who will fail to appear before this House, the rules and the Constitution are clear that this House stands equivalent to the High Court. We demand that if they fail to appear, they be locked in chains and brought before this House."
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