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    "id": 917020,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/917020/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. Obviously, I am very concerned that Kenyans, in their wisdom, created these two Houses with the hope that they would complement each other in law-making and add value to parliamentary process. Unfortunately, perhaps, the intentions of some of the people who wanted the Senate to be created are emerging. When we were at the Bomas of Kenya and people started debating how many houses we needed, there was a whole group of people who said: “Can we create a nyumba ya wazee – a retirement house where people who finish their work in the National Assembly can go and rest as they transcend back into public life?” Others wanted a superior house that would oversee the National Assembly. However, the people of Kenya, in their wisdom, decided to remove all those things and give some limited responsibilities to the Senate. There is no difference between the functions being carried out by the Senate and those that are being carried out by the Association of Local Government Authorities of Kenya (ALGAK), which was basically to oversee and protect the local governments. Part of their responsibility of oversight has been taken over by the Council of Governors, which also now protects the county governments through the framework of the Council of Governors."
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