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    "id": 1087145,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Sometimes I have been sympathetic, when you look at some of the inquiries that happen and you see people coming to play out to the gallery. Once the cameras for the media come in, you will see Members of Parliament or Senate wanting to shoot tough questions in order to shine. This also puts us in bad state. Even as we insist on oversight, let us be professional as parliamentarians. Let us stick to issues. Let us not personalize things when we are dealing with the Executive. I think that respect then will be reciprocated. When you say it is an issue that we are dealing with, this is the resolution that was passed, where are we? However, when you come and use insulting words, sometimes I am embarrassed even as a Senator. I am very happy that in the committees I have chaired and the committee I chair people like Sen. (Dr.) Milgo and Sen. Kwamboka are extremely respectful. You will never hear people shouting at guests or witnesses or trying to gain points. Bonga points can be found over the weekend in rallies, but not during committee proceedings. Senators, as we ask for respect from the Executive, let us also be respectful and stick to the issues. I reported last week on that task force and I am glad that CS Chelugui called. We have agreed to bring a resolution to this House next week on the issue of former councilors and the honoraria. I have asked questions here with respect to the City of Nairobi on which I have not gotten responses. I hope that this will be implemented. Sen. (Dr.) Zani, I hope during the Committee Stage, you can tolerate some amendments to make it enforceable. Yesterday I was talking on television about Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO). In 2015, I brought amendments on the AGPO where our young people, women and persons with disabilities should be getting 30 per cent of contracts. If there is one law that has been ignored, that has been seen as a mere suggestion, it is the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act which provides for 30 per cent. All these issues you are hearing today people bringing different economic philosophies, others saying we deal with the rural areas first, would not be an issue if that Act was followed. You can imagine if county governments and the national Government put aside 30 per cent of the value of procurement in the hands of women and men and persons with disability, what we would achieve? Section 157 of that law is very clear. For instance, in Nairobi as a county government when I become governor, God willing, I would be able to give out of a budget of Kshs40 billion--- Sen. Kwamboka will tell you Kshs100 million in every ward, there will be no crime. The crime rate will go down. You will sort out those businesses at the lowest level instead of saying that you want to come and give us a fund where we just give money to hustlers. That is not sustainable. Not all young people want to put up a car wash business. Others want to do business with the Ministry of Defence. They want to start industries and companies. They want to manufacture those wheelbarrows and other equipment. I wish Sen. Shiyonga or somebody from the Committee on Equalization was here. Section 157 of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act says that every procuring entity at the national and county level must be given a list of which contracts they have given to youth, women and persons with disability to the Procurement Regulatory Authority which reports to Parliament through the Committee of Equalization. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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