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    "id": 953790,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Likewise, I would have expected that the Governor for Nandi who was the Senator and the Mover, original creator of this Bill, would have proactively established a Nandi Hall of Fame by now. He would have proactively implemented some of the provisions of this Bill because nothing stops a governor from moving his executives to draft a Bill, take to the County Assembly, and put it to law. I would have expected some of the good Senators who were in this House in the last Parliament and who have since then become governors to have implemented the County Development Boards because we believed in it then. We still believe in it. That is why this House has an idea to go to the Supreme Court to get a final determination on the constitutionality of the County Development Boards. Standing here and speaking because this matter had been brought by the Senator for Nandi, I hope that now that he is the Governor for Nandi, he has implemented the hall of fame idea and has implemented the Development Board idea. I also believe that he is proactively engaging his Senator, Sen. Cherargei, in discussing issues to do with development in that particular county. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, coming back to the specifics, I want to discuss this Bill alongside the National Honours Act which is already in force. The National Honours Act provides means through which the President can then be advised on the issuance of national and presidential awards. The National Honours Act has provisions for advising the President. This Bill has provisions for advising the governor of a county. This Bill looks at county level honours and cultural issues at the county level, whereas the National Honours Act looks at national and presidential awards and has various advisory councils. There is an advisory committee for the judiciary and that advisory committee is the one that will recommend those who work in the judiciary who ought to get State honours. There is one for county governments, incidentally chaired by the Deputy President and there is one for Parliament. In drafting of the National Honours Act, we could have made a blunder because the composition of the Parliamentary Advisory Committee is co-chaired by the Speakers of both Houses. There is nothing wrong there. The problem with the composition of that Committee is that, it has the Leader of Majority and the Leader of Minority, but it does not prescribe Leader of Majority in which House. We are a bicameral Parliament and so, the assumption would be, that where there is Leader of Majority and Leader of Minority, then we should have Leader of Majority from National Assembly and Senate and Minority Leader from National Assembly and Senate. For avoidance of doubt, it would be important that one of us - I can volunteer to take up - makes that clarity. There will come a time due to the souring relations, which is unfortunate between the two Houses. I believe there are external forces that would want us to fight so that they can get away with all sorts of mischief in this country. That particular culprit is the executive. We have been put in a fight that is unnecessary. However, because we are fighting and we are in that spirit, there will come a time when that Committee, if it is dominated by one House, will veto the suggestions coming from the other House. Recently, I was very glad to see that my friend and elder brother, Sen. Madzayo, has finally been recommended for a national award. We have been asking ourselves why 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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