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    "id": 1174838,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to support this Motion that the Senate do adjourn sine die. We have been in this House since 31st August, 2017. Meaning we have been here for four years, 9 months and 21 days or 57 months and 21 days or 1,755 days. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has been a journey that is bitter sweet. There has been joy, tears, pain and happiness. I want to use the words of Max De Pree who says that the first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you in between the leader as a servant. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are not leaving our leadership roles. However, for some of us, this is a very special moment. The Bible in Proverbs 16:3 says man may plan, but the final outcome is the Lords.’ I do not intend to be a legislature again. I have done and presented many Bills. I have been a legislature since I was 28 years old. I hope I will be signing Bills into law moving forward. I have deeply enjoyed my time as a legislature since I came in in 2013 as a nominated Member of Parliament (MP) up until the time I got elected by the people of Nairobi City County to serve as their Senator. I believe I have served them diligently. I have put my best foot forward. We have proposed Bills and Motions. Some of those include Bills that will forever go down the history of this country as monumental. The 30 per cent procurement opportunities for young people, women and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) is a Bill I sponsored in the last Parliament. The National Employment Authority Act which exists is another one we sponsored. I also sponsored The Private Security Regulations Bill, The Disaster Risk Management Bill with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, The Prompt Payment Bill with Sen. Farhiya, the Start-up Bill to promote our start-ups, The Pandemic Response and Management Bill. There was also a legislative proposal on national school lunch feeding programme which did not go through, but I intend to implement it in Nairobi City County if elected Governor. Which I pray happens. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am proud that in this time as Senator, I have been able to lobby for an increase of the revenue of Nairobi City County from Kshs15 billion to Kshs19 billion. That is an increment of Kshs3 billion. Ordinarily, it would take more than five cycles of the revenue formula which is 15 years. Through our Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, we have been able to lobby for artists; our musicians to get skiza tunes, an increment from 16 per cent from when we started this fight with the late Bob Collymore and President Uhuru Kenyatta to the current 41 per cent. We hope it gets to 51 per cent for our artists. My colleagues here and I have advocated for better rates for digital taxi drivers and initiated favourable regulations. I thank Sen. Faki. However, those regulations for"
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