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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to first support the Motion. We, as a House, agree that the men and women who have been chosen to serve us have been tested. All we are asking of them is to try and elevate this House to the level that it should be, that is the Upper House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, over lunch hour, I was speaking to a Member of the National Assembly from the Committee on Health. He told me that next week, they are making a trip supported by the Ministry of Health to Japan on Universal Health issue. There is no Senator involved. You can imagine how seriously the other House is taken and how we are playing a very pedestrian role as a Senate. If there is a function that is fully devolved, that is the function for counties, a matter that really lies squarely on the mandate of the Senate, then it should be health issues. However, we have reached a situation where the Cabinet Secretary (CS), Ministry of Health, can have the courage to write to the Clerk of Parliament, seek representation to take people to Japan to do a study on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), and the Senate is not involved, then, there is a serious problem. Last year, we made some amendments to the Roads Bill. The Committee that was chosen to do mediation did a fantastic job. We were not able to agree and that Bill was shelved. We expected that after six months it would have found its way back to the Senate. What did the National Assembly in collusion with the Executive do? They brought in the amendments to the National Assembly and they were quickly passed. The Bill was rushed to State House and assented to by the President."
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