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    "id": 982253,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/982253/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "of the two Houses disagreeing in Australia leads to them being dissolved. Since 1901, in Australia, Congress and the Senate has been dissolved five times simply because there have not been able to agree on Bills coming from the Lower House to the Senate. If we continue with this trend, where we reject a Bill, it goes back to the National Assembly, and the next time it is enacted, assented to by the President; we are being rendered irrelevant by the day. There is no way we can expect somebody outside this House to find a solution for this crisis. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are 67 Senators here if we take into account our colleagues who represent some special constituencies. What is so difficult in us agreeing that we sponsor a Bill under Article 255 through popular initiative, we get support of 24 county assemblies and we push it to referendum, so that we elevate this House to the level that it is supposed to be? Historically, we know that our problems started in Naivasha; the people who sat in Naivasha were purely Members of the National Assembly. There is no way they could have looked at the interest of the Senate. Madam Temporary Speaker, the point I am making is that, this year, 2020, should be a wakeup call to us, as Senators. We need to look for solutions from the Floor of this House on how we can elevate the stature of the Senate so that it can truly be the Upper House. With those remarks, I support."
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