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    "id": 917116,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/917116/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this chance to make a contribution. I think the situation we are operating in is simply as a result of the Senate being a baby that has been unable to move as earlier speakers have referred to it. Article 93 establishes Parliament of Kenya. Where the challenge is coming is that the Senate has misunderstood their role and wordings in the Constitution. In Kenya we have a Parliament which is bicameral, so there are two Houses. We have the National Assembly and the Senate. The word “Parliament” in the Kenyan situation can be equated to the term Congress in the United States of America (USA) which has two Houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. If you tried another jurisdiction like Britain, you will still get Parliament which has two Houses, the House of Lords and House of Commons. Unfortunately, what the Senate is trying to do which has made these issues to come up is to take the original big title in Kenya and Britain being Parliament or in USA the Congress. They want to usurp all the powers, for instance, in the jurisdiction of the USA the Congress. This is the case and yet, Articles 95 and 96 clearly define the roles of these two Houses that form the original big name. I am talking about this because I am an authority teacher in History and Government and this is the work I have done for a long time. Therefore, the Senate is usurping the functions of the National Assembly in Kenya and trying to replace anywhere they see Senate with Parliament which should not be the case because they must stick to their functions as the Senate."
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