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"content": "Okay, thank you. On the issue of review and delimitation of boundaries of the constituencies, we must fastrack. For example, in Nandi, I have the biggest ward called Kilibwoni, which we would want to review. However, we have a number of protected constituencies that do not meet the criteria. Secondly, there are so many by-elections, including Magarini, Banisa, Baringo County and Malava. If hon. Ruku succeeds to be the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service we will need a by-election in Mbeere North Constituency. We need the IEBC to be in place to conduct by-elections. Finally, I was misquoted. I said instead of Members of Parliament resigning to be Cabinet Secretaries, why do we not give them responsibility allowances and appoint them 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."
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"content": "to Cabinet, so that we save the country the agony of by-elections and paying double salary since we will only need responsibility allowance? I was misquoted. The cost of a voter in 2022 was Kshs 2,500. The best practice is Kshs600 per voter. It means the conduct of election per voter is still very expensive in this country. When hon. Ruku is appointed to the Cabinet Secretary, we should just give him responsibility allowances so that he can still come to Parliament while serving in the Cabinet, so that we save salaries. People who are misquoting me do not have such an opportunity. My time was ‘eaten’ by Sen. Wambua who is a bishop. I support."
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"content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I must begin by registering very strong protest on behalf of the Minority side as to the presence of this Motion on the Order Paper this afternoon. When I saw it, I called and the records can show, the Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Senator for Kericho, Aaron Cheruiyot. I was unable to reach him because we in this House have agreed that we will not transact business by ambush. It is not a surprise. I am extremely disappointed. It is very contemptuous for you to introduce a Motion in such a way because it gives us a very difficult time in the leadership to guide our members as to how to treat this Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, secondly, I protest because I do not like being made to look like a fool. Yesterday, after resolutions passed by the Central Committee of ODM, I was reading a statement saying that ODM will not countenance any further delays in the selection process of the IEBC commissioners, only to be told today that there is a Motion on the Order Paper to extend time for this Panel to do its job. Worse still, when I reached out to my leadership in the National Assembly or counterparts there, they forwarded to me a letter from this panel, signed by the Chair of the panel himself. The first thing I noticed, this letter was dated the 20th of March. This is two weeks ago. Two weeks ago, this House has no idea. The second problem is that that letter is addressed only to the Speaker of the National Assembly, continuing this spate of contempt for the Senate, when they knew very well that this matter has to be processed through both Houses of Parliament. It is unacceptable that we continue to be treated with such contempt. So, when I go through the letter, I am trying to find the reasons. It is clear that even the Mover of this Motion has no access to that request. By the way, in that request, this Panel is asking for 30 days, not 14 days. It is the National Assembly that set it at 14 days. There is nothing that stops us as a House at setting that deadline at four days or seven days or two days, if we wanted to."
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"content": "(An hon. Member spoke off record)"
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"content": "They are citing various reasons. By the way, I do not hold brief for this Panel. I have strongly objected. I do not want to be distracted."
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"content": " He does not want to be informed. Let him finish. 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."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I strongly object to some of these insinuations that somehow ODM is the one running this Panel. If you read the newspapers today, you would think that there is a war between me and Sen. Wambua. It will not happen. Sen. Wambua and I will never fight. The truth of the matter is that we also do not want these incessant accusations against ODM. If you hear the names of the constituencies by-elections that are being mentioned, the majority of them are held by ODM. The ODM is holding Ugunja, Magarini and we have a nominee to Cabinet. There is a young man from Kajiado waiting to replace hon. John Mbadi in the National Assembly. If anything, we are the ones who are suffering the greatest prejudice. I have asked Sen. Wambua to distance himself and his party from some of these non-entities making noise. You know very well that they cannot field a candidate in Banisa. They are village political parties. I do not know what, Sen. Wambua, you are doing with these characters. I want to dissuade you from hanging out with these people, because if you just moved a bit, you would allow me to deal with these people mundu khu mundu. They know me and I do not want you to catch strays as we say in the streets. Madam Temporary Speaker, some of the reasons these people have given are that time is too short because they shortlisted 116 people. I personally took time to watch one of those interviews. I am being vindicated because I said, these panelists are talking too much. They like to listen to themselves. Instead of putting questions to candidates and allowing them to talk, somebody is asking a winding, long question. After complaining that they are talking too much, they write to me to extend time, so that we can listen to them more. We do not want to hear what you have to say. We want the candidates, the people who are coming to run elections to speak so that we can know what they are all about. Even if I am persuaded, please, the sort of contempt that is being extended to this Senate will not be allowed to go on any further. Dr. Makanda should have known that there are two Houses of Parliament. He is a PhD. holder, for heaven's sake. He should have written to our Speaker and written to the Speaker of the National Assembly on 20th and we would have had time to debate this Motion and give him what he wants. I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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"content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I support the Motion, which is on the Floor of the House. The hon. Senator has felt as if this House is being disregarded. The letter that was written to the Speaker of the National Assembly was written in the capacity of the Chair of the commission. It was supposed to be brought to one of the committees in the commission. After the committee has deliberated on it, it was then written to the two Houses which is why it came to this House."
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"content": "On a point of Order, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " There is a point of order, Sen. Korir. Just sit. There is a point of order."
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