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    "id": 903279,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndwiga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the point where there was controversy at that time, everybody agreed that whatever we may have wanted to achieve with the new Constitution, we wanted the livelihood of Kenyans to be made better. That would only be achieved if we had a devolved system; and that was how devolution was adopted. Later on, some of us in the National Assembly then went for another sitting in Naivasha and watered down what Kenyans wanted against the advice of the Committee of Experts (CoE). They watered down what was meant to be achieved by the constitutional amendment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is that meeting in Naivasha that has brought us here, and given birth to this Bill. This is because when the National Assembly sat and had their interpretation, thereafter, as a result of the watering down of what was intended by the Bomas Draft, the National Assembly has been very bullish. They think that the fact that they removed the stature of the Senate from being the Upper House in terms of setting responsibilities, they would assume that responsibility. That cannot be. As my colleagues have said, the Senate has a much wider responsibility. When Bills are passed in the Senate and there is dispute, then we need to have a Committee to look at the disagreements. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you may have noticed, we have several disagreements on Bills passed by the National Assembly and the Senate, to the extent that we now have several Committees which are looking at all those Bills and their amendments. This delays the passage of Bills. I believe that if we have standing The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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