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    "id": 1066050,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "the Tanzanian head of State. As important as these are, I hope that the Leadership of this House will call a special sitting so that we look at the Covid-19 situation in the country. As I support the Constitutional of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020, I also take note of the proposals that were given by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committees of both the Senate and the National Assembly. I thank the Co-Chairperson of the Committee, Sen. Omogeni, the co-Chair from the National Assembly and Members of the Senate who sat in that Committee. Since that debate came to this House, a lot of flowery language has been used to refer to the debate before this House, in the House and outside. It does not get more flowery than what, Sen. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki, expressed in the afternoon. He referred to the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020 as a legal hermaphrodite. How colorful is this? Other people outside this House have referred to those who are not in agreement with the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill as demagogues whose only achievement is good English. Madam Deputy Speaker, in politics, you can decide to be pessimistic or optimistic. I choose to be optimistic. What I see in the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, is a glass that is half full rather than half empty. It is only a fool or a stranger who will begrudge the ‘handshake’ of its calming and cooling effect on the political temperatures in the country. As someone who was consistently on the streets every other Monday, which we used to call ‘teargas Monday’, the business community in the city and the people in formal employment wanted an end to the cycling violence that they saw every five years. They wanted an end to the economic disruptions that this country faces every five years. None other than one of the great economists in this Republic, Mr. David Ndii has, in a different forum, demonstrated to us the effect of our politics on the economy. The graph is always predictable. Every five years, our economic growth deeps and in between, it rises. It rises because of good rainfall and by single luck rather than deliberate actions of the Government. Madam Deputy Speaker, many Kenyans want to ensure that we can have elections four times in two years, just like the way Israel is doing, but be able to provide vaccines to our people. We can have elections four times in two years, like Israel, but the economy can still grow. That is the Kenya we need to focus on. There is one man who said that Kenyan politics has always been a struggle within the elite for personal reward and to direct resources towards specific communities for political and personal benefit. If you look at that as a description of our politics then, all of us are guilty of using the Kenyan political population for our own personal gain. It has gotten to a point where in this country, when one man gains, an entire community feels that they have lost. It has gotten to a point where if people contemplate a Raila presidency, an entire community feels that they will be left out. When people contemplate a Ruto presidency, an entire community feels that they will be victimized. We have to bring this to an end. Madam Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill because it is not just one Bill that we are discussing today, there are 20 different pieces of Statutes that have been proposed that 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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