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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "because he will collude with the National Assembly and they pass 15, 20 or 18 per cent. There is nothing we can do. The courts have already recognised that appropriation will not take place at the national Government level until we agree on Division of Revenue. That is why those people have run to the BBI Report to remove our responsibility on it. I want to challenge this House and say without fear of contradiction that it is a pity that BBI was led by a Chairperson who is the Chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations in this House. The Former Attorney General, Sen. Wako, who is a very respectable person, was sitting in the committee. However, the institution that has been assaulted most in this document is the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you must lead the House to a proper retreat. I want to thank Sen. Omogeni because I have information that he stood firm with some Senators who were in a forum in Naivasha and said that things must change in the BBI Report concerning the Senate. It will take the courage of Senators in this House to stand firm and say we want a Senate that stands for the interest of the people of Kenya. I will hate the day I will come back to this House to be called the “male Senator of Elgeyo Marakwet.” I will hate the day I will come to this House and call Sen. Orengo, “the male Senator of Siaya”, or call Sen. Wako “the male Senator of Busia.” What kind of a thing is that? If we are tired of making the Senate a proper Senate with proper representation and one vote for every county and want to donate this House for purposes of gender parity, it is better to change that section and say that the Senate shall be composed of women only so that every county can elect one Senator who is a lady. However, to come here and address Sen. Dullo the “female Senator of Isiolo”, I think we have a problem. We need to ensure that the institution of the Senate is protected. We must achieve the gender rule, but not by losing the gains that we have achieved in the last seven or eight years while protecting the interests of the counties and the county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you very much. Please stand firm like that. Even the way you were reading the Communication today, that kind of confidence is what we want. Since for the remaining one and half years, these decisions will be on your shoulders, we will stand before you. We will support you like we did in this case. I pray that you will stand firm. I beg to support."
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