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    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "of us who are in the deep state like Sen. Linturi and Sen. Cheruiyot have not seen the President since he went to Ethiopia and the USA. What I am suggesting here is that we need to bridge that gap between the leadership in this House and the Presidency because people come here purporting to talk for the Executive and perhaps they have no relationship or link with the Presidency. People come to this House saying that the President has said, that this is the President’s position or this is the party’s position and perhaps they have not seen that President for six months. That is why if you have the Deputy President as the Leader of Government Business, the same way the Vice President used to be the Official Leader of Government Business in the House, we are going to make that Deputy President more active, more engaged, more relevant and he will be driving the legislative agenda of the Executive. Do not tell me that we have a presidential system that is impossible. The USA has a presidential system and yet the Vice President Hon. Kamala Harris sits in the Senate. These are the kinds of innovations we should be thinking about. We should not be stuck in a box thinking that we have a situation that there is a model of government that was invented somewhere that can only be implemented here on cut and paste. We should come up with the best inventions for our Republic. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I can tell you that in the next elections, the President of the Republic of Kenya will definitely have to choose a strong individual that complements him, his age, his skills, his temperament and his vote base. That person cannot be kept in an office somewhere just waiting for deployment. Those are things that happened with the late retired President Daniel Arap Moi. We need to look at the content of the Office of the Deputy President and the content of the office of the deputy governor. Those are some of the greatest idlers in this Republic. Many Deputy governors are wallowing into alcoholism and depression because they have nothing to do. This is because the governors are not giving them assignments. Can we find an interface through which the deputy governors can also not just be members of the County Executive Committee with a definite docket, but also to have some interface with the County Assembly? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, those are some of the thoughts that I hope this Committee will look into this Petition, might think through and broaden as it responds to the petitioner. Finally, I do believe if we are going to change the Constitution, this Senate should benefit from the experiences of people who have served this Nation. For example, President Uhuru Kenya is nearing the end of his term. After that, what does he do? Do you want him to be out there dealing with Scotch men or Irish men and other substances with two names? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to engage the President creatively and properly. What if a former President became a member of the Senate for life as it happens in other countries? I think it is happening in Burundi or Rwanda. It is happening in one of the countries in Africa. What about the Auditor General? We had an excellent one, Mr. Eddy Ouko. After the end of his tenure, he now plays golf and has not gotten any Government deployment. You can imagine how many Government secrets he has. That person could"
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