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    "id": 989436,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/989436/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Tom Oluoch",
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    "content": "that there is need for this House to be enriched by a ruling of the Speaker on how we interact with the Departmental Committees, in terms of Private Members’ Bills that we generate. To what extent do they end up stalling or dying along the way, after Members spend so much time in terms of research? To what extent do the House Business Committee and Departmental Committees enhance the legislative role of Members? I am saying this after taking into account Article 1 of the Constitution. The people of Kenya have donated to us the power to legislate. The legislative power and authority belongs to the House corporately. We have equally delegated that power to the Departmental Committees, not so that they are an end in themselves, but so that they facilitate Members to carry out their business. These include the House Business Committee and the Departmental Committees. Hon. Speaker, I have elaborated this matter in a request I have forward to you. With your kind permission, I would like to ask if the House can benefit from a ruling in this regard. Thank you."
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