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    "id": 982282,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/982282/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr. Milgo)",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13174,
        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
        "slug": "milgo-alice-chepkorir"
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    "content": "We have had Members complaining about Petitions and a number of Bills that they put forward some months ago. I remember two Bills that I presented in the year 2018. Up to now, they are still stuck in a Committee that I do not want to mention. However, it is my prayer that this Committee as they promised, will ensure that there is an Implementation Committee that shall be formed. That Committee will go a long way to ensure that they follow up this process. Madam Temporary Speaker, last time we tried forming this Committee, we went round getting signatures to ensure that we put in place an Implementation Committee. There are very many things that we have done in this House. We have Motions, Bills, and Petitions. In this case, if we had an Implementation Committee, we would be asking them to account for what has happened. I support the Senate Majority Leader in terms of the unity of this House. Very many times we tried to obtain a facilitation fund to carry out oversight, but we failed a lot. We heard that the National Assembly was able to retain their Constituency Development Fund (CDF) because of the fact that they are united. In our case, we failed because we are divided all the time. This is the reason we have not been able to carry out our oversight role effectively. That is why there is a lot of corruption cases in the counties. We have been complaining about corruption. We only get to read about corruption cases in the newspapers. This is because we do not have facilitation fund to be able to go round our counties fighting this vice. It is high time that we came together so that we are able to stamp our authority. More importantly, we are in a period where we are talking about the BBI report. If we do not come together as a Senate, we will suffer the same fate. We are being told that the reason why the Senate looks very weak is because when the 2010 Constitution was being discussed in Naivasha, nobody cared about the Senate being an upper House. That is why it is seems to be a weaker House. The Senate should be the Upper House just like it is in other countries such the United States of America (USA) and Australia. This Senate must have some teeth to bite. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope that this time we will be able to stamp our authority so that we are able to determine whether we need a presidential or a parliamentary system in the BBI so that we are not left behind. I want to encourage my colleagues to continue working hard and bring more Bills and Motions so that Kenyans may judge us as a House that has done a lot for them. In any case, we have shown a lot of sanity and we have---"
}