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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Above that, I want to register that the second session that we are going to have, given how we have started this session, will be critical to have some more ambitious, ideological, organized and dispassionate engagements. I say this because I have listened to our elders speaking. I listened to elder, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, who, with a lot of respect was tempted to make what I will call an ageist comment about the behaviour of some young Members of this House who have behaved in an inappropriate way. In both sides of the House, I see wonderful Senators who are equally young. I have had an opportunity to work with Sen. Thang’wa from the other side of the House who is an amazing individual and a very level-headed leader and is young. I have had the opportunity to work with Sen. Tabitha, who is equally talented, very passionate, organized, and above all, committed to the function of this House and she is also young. I have worked on this other side with Sen. Sifuna, who by all means possible, qualified to be in that list, has always been very keen and pays attention to details and he is equally young. I have worked with Sen. Lemaltian, who is also very passionate about the issues of the North. She has advanced a lot of courses in the cause of conducting business that regards the people who are marginalized in the North and she is young. I urge that as we start the business of this House, not to be lured into this ageist comments. It will be critical that this particular Committee finds ways of weaving conversations that can make us a House that sees women, youth, any racial or tribal communities as able to contribute to this House. I have also listened to the comments that have ben made by a few Members who are discontented with the agenda that the changes that we have had might have targeted some people especially from the Minority side. My heart bleeds when I listen to those comments. This is because the sanctity of this House is measured by how well we are alive to Article 27 of the Constitution. Article 27 of the Constitution invites this House to ensure that in every dealing that we have, we must ensure that there is equality and freedom of all Kenyans. We are not in those committees just to serve our parties. Our parties are mere vehicles that we used to get to this House. The major reason we are in this House is because we have been employed by our bosses who are the people of Kenya."
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