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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is not a normal Procedural Motion. It is a Motion that speaks to the history of the Constitution and the freedom of the legislature from the Executive. It is a Motion that we should debate with pride and remind ourselves where we came from. In those days – some of us happen to have served under the old Constitution – the Head of State had the powers to prorogue Parliament. We did not have powers to make our sittings calendars like we are doing today nor determine when to go on recess. We could be in the House debating and just because the Head of the State was not happy with the debate, by the end of the day, he would sent us home. We must debate on this Motion on Approval of the Senate Calendar for the First Session of this House and emphasize the freedom of this legislative body. As I stand here, I would like to pay tribute to Members of the Senate who were here before us. Some of them have been proposed to serve in the Cabinet like Sen. Murkomen. Some are here like Sen. Faki and Sen. Madzayo while others are not. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some of us will remember seeing the former Senator for Kakamega, hon. Malalah hounded because he did not want to vote in a certain way. They knew what freedom and the independence of this Senate stands for. Even if certain counties were going to gain, they stood with others to make sure that this Senate remains independent. They came together and resisted the reduction of money from some of the counties like Tana River."
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