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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether to support. However, let me just congratulate my colleagues for taking their time to look at the recomendations of the steering Committee and the BBI taskforce. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my biggest concern is that two of the most critical recommendations for this House which were proposed by the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights were not taken into consideration in the final BBI report. One of them is with regard to Article 123 of the Constitution. That is the right to vote. A few months ago, we were able to exercise that right to defend this House. However, I am disappointed because even though the Committee recommended that Article 123 be retained in the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill, the taskforce did not take that into consideration. This is one of the reasons why I do not support the Constitutional Amendment Bill. I have read through this BBI report, and I am disappointed that some of our proposals were not taken into account. One of the proposals that we felt strongly about is to do with the issue of the Consolidated Fund which is provided for in Article 203 of the Constitution. Perusing the report by the Committee, it does not mention anything to do with that. If it did, we could gain more in the BBI process. Right now, we are losing money in our counties. Our Constitution, which is a living document, is clear on Articles 202 and 203. In the interest of time, I will be speaking on the issue during the adjournment Motion so that I can clearly explain to Kenyans what my reservations are. The Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights did their part. They went through the recommendations of the BBI Taskforce and raised their objections and further recommended that certain things be taken into consideration. However, I am disappointed that they were not. I will support the Report because I have perused it, but also hope that in future, the process will be geared towards supporting the entire 47 million Kenyans and not some of them. This is what is in the Constitution. The preamble of our Constitution starts with the words ‘we the people’. If we are the one supporting it, then all the issues, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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