{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=154628","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=154626","results":[{"id":1564462,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564462/?format=json","text_counter":289,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wambua","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13199,"legal_name":"Enoch Kiio Wambua","slug":"enoch-kiio-wambua"},"content":"recommendations and apply themselves to the situations that they face on the ground, as far as devolution is concerned. Lastly, I have heard that the Committee wants to go back and have sessions with the Governor and the Senator, who is actually the leader who brought the Statement to this House. I wonder, what kind of appointment does the Committee need with the Senator of Nyamira County, to deal with the matter of Nyamira County Assembly? It never occurred to me that the Senator of Nyamira is so inaccessible that the Committee has got to make an appointment, take more than 45 days to have a sitting with him to discuss a crisis that is happening in Nyamira County. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a time has come that, all of us, including myself, must begin to take the business of this Senate a lot more seriously. For the Chairperson to put it on record that 45 days later, he is planning to meet the Senator of Nyamira County and discuss the issues of conflict in the County Assembly of Nyamira, is a slap on the basic intelligence of the people of Nyamira County and the Senators in this House. It should not be allowed to happen. There are some Statements that should not be made by chairpersons of committees. As I said, I do not want to impute any improper motive on anyone. However, before we seek to be respected by the national and county executives, as a Senate and committees of the Senate, we must respect ourselves. We must dignify ourselves before we ask other people to respect and treat us with dignity. With those remarks, I support."},{"id":1564463,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564463/?format=json","text_counter":290,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Thang’wa, please proceed."},{"id":1564464,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564464/?format=json","text_counter":291,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Thang’wa","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. When I read the Motion as it is today, I do not know whether to support or oppose, because what has been added goes deeper than what this House is supposed to do. I will be saying whether I support or not at the end of my contribution. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to remind this House that this issue of Nyamira County Assembly was directed to the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, which I am a Member. We have scrutinized this issue as members of the Committee. We have even invited the Senator of Nyamira County, Sen. Omogeni, to the Committee. So, it is wrong to say that he has not been invited. If you look at the Order Paper today, you will see, if they are not wrong, that the report that we are debating today was tabled on 17th of April, 2025. That is almost a month ago, so I do not know whether it is the Committee or the Senate as it is. This issue of Nyamira County Assembly is one that we need to comb with a toothpick, as they say, because we might be curing half of the issue. In Nyamira County Assembly, there are two Speakers, one impeached, as they say, who is holding sittings away from the precincts of the Assembly. That is one fact. There is another fact, whereby another Speaker is holding the sittings inside the precincts of the Assembly. The one who"},{"id":1564465,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564465/?format=json","text_counter":292,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Thang’wa","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate"},{"id":1564466,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564466/?format=json","text_counter":293,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Thang’wa","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"is holding the sittings away from the Assembly precincts is breaking the law. Similarly, the one who is also holding the sittings in the gazetted County Assembly is also breaking the law. I will tell you why, because I am a Member of this Committee and I know it. The Speaker who is purported to have been voted for by other MCAs is a sitting MCA. The law says, you have to elect a Speaker who is not an MCA. That Speaker who is purported to be the current Speaker or the substantive Speaker of the County Assembly of Nyamira is a sitting MCA."},{"id":1564467,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564467/?format=json","text_counter":294,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Thang’wa, I am being informed that you seconded the Motion."},{"id":1564468,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564468/?format=json","text_counter":295,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Thang’wa","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"It is a new Motion because it has a new amendment."},{"id":1564469,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564469/?format=json","text_counter":296,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Just a moment, Sen. Paul Thang’wa. Give me a minute."},{"id":1564470,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564470/?format=json","text_counter":297,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(The Clerk-at the Table consulted with the Speaker)"},{"id":1564471,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564471/?format=json","text_counter":298,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Abdul Haji","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":"Sen. Paul Thang’wa, unfortunately, it is the same Motion. So, you cannot debate it again. I will have to stop you right there and give to the next Senator. Sen. Gloria Orwoba, please, proceed."}]}