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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "words of the Speaker, seating on that Chair, you said that he came and lectured Senators. Those are your words and not my words, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. To date, this report has not been issued to the House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the 21st of November, after meeting with 17 elected Members from Nairobi, I came and sought another Statement on the state of the county. I passionately sought urgent help from this House on behalf of the people of Nairobi in dealing with the malaise facing them due to a non-functional executive in Nairobi County. I drew the attention of the House to the plight of the people of Nairobi who are suffering due to lack of service delivery in health, infrastructure, road, sewerage, water and sanitation, security, as well as physical planning. I pointed out that at that point, no approvals had been done for more than nine months in the area of physical planning. I told them that as the Senator of Nairobi, with the help of the Senate having ensured that Nairobi got Kshs15.8 billion in the first year and Kshs15.9 billion the next year, there had been a significant reduction in revenue. We raised that issue and we debated it. Many Members spoke. In fact, I have the whole list of Members who spoke passionately. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you directed that - I quote: “The relevant committee must put its foot down and come up with a way forward which should be reported to this House. Hon. Senators, let us be careful about how we approach some of the issues. Let us not come up with solutions that are not practical. We should remember that all committees sit on behalf of the Senate. If one committee is embarrassed or belittled like the other time when the governor came and lectured Senators, it is the whole Senate that is in disrepute. We must, therefore, be careful and come up with practical solutions”. That is your ruling, not mine. I have raised six other Statements."
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