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    "id": 916548,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/916548/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "Under the old Constitution, the legislative authority of the Republic was only in the National Assembly. However, that power has now been distributed between the legislators at the national level and at the county level. At the national level, it must be shared between the Senate and the National Assembly. Therefore, I feel very sad having heard some of the comments that were made in the National Assembly. There is a famous play by Shakespeare called Hamlet. It is not without significance that Shakespeare chose one of the characters who was just a palace guard, to comment on what was happening in the Kingdom of Denmark at that time. He said words to this effect: “There is something rotten in the State of Denmark”. I am beginning to believe that there is something rotten in Kenya because when we are trying to make things work, some people do not want institutions to work. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy that the Chairperson of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is here in an effort to try and make things work. There is a mechanism for Parliament – the Senate and the National Assembly – to make sure that we work as an institution. There is no law that is made in the Republic of Kenya which is titled “law or a statute enacted by the National Assembly”. If you go to the statute books and the 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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