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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this Motion for adjournment. Indeed, as the Senate Minority Leader has said, this is the singular most important role of the Senate. As you all know, we have taken a lot of time within the Committee. This was the second or the third Kamukunji we have had. If you note what happened this morning, you can see that we are moving towards a good direction. When such a decision is made, I am glad that I have heard Senators thinking about other counties and not just theirs. The softening from those hardline positions that were there earlier, where I would, for example, only look at my county and disenfranchise Narok County and others. We are coming closer to a resolution. If you look at these amendments, there are excellent proposals by Sen. Olekina, Sen. (Dr.) Ali and Sen. Mwangi. I also made a proposal earlier, but I did not put it in terms of an amendment. I think with the leadership of both the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader, if we do take a little more time, we shall do justice to this issue and hold true fidelity to Article 96 of the Constitution, which mandates us to protect the interests of each county in the Republic of Kenya. Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to encourage my colleagues that this process calls for leadership. Sometimes leadership demands that you see beyond just yourself. In such a situation, a good negotiation is one where nobody gets 100 per cent of the demands, leaving somebody else with zero. If anything, you give a concession on what is not extremely important to you, but makes a world of difference to the other party. I believe that this House is a House of wisdom. This House is a House of men and women of great integrity. When we come back whenever that shall be under the leadership of the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader, we shall be able to have a position that we shall proudly go back to our counties and say that the Third Basis for sharing revenue has been passed and is strengthening devolution. With those remarks, I want to thank Sen. Orengo and the leadership on our side. I also want to urge Members that, if possible, we can avoid going out there and talking about it in the media and creating a narrative of us versus them during this period. Someone once said that politics of do or die does not guarantee who does and who dies. Because of that, let us not create this narrative of losers and winners. The winners must be the people of Kenya. The winners must be devolution. With those remarks, I second."
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