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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "that has to be subdivided fairly to all of us. He said that if the cake is not sufficient, there will be nothing to share. Essentially, we will be creating a stampede. He talked of the need for us to grow our economy and that this Bill ought to be seen and appreciated in the light of a transitory mechanism that will bring fairness. However, we must focus on a more permanent solution to the nature of building the economy and not cannibalizing the assets that make this nation. Sen. Mariam Omar spoke about the two ‘Kenyas’. She told us that in their area, some of these rights that are supposed to be realized under Article 43 and have been anchored within this Bill, are a dream. It is time this law becomes a reality, so that people from Mandera can also enjoy these rights. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Prof) Kamar, Sen. Faki, Sen. Okenyuri, and my good friend, Sen. Ogola, were on point adding various points of wisdom, and law. In particular, Sen. Okenyuri brought shocking statistics that brought to reality what we are talking about. She noted that there is a problem in Kenya. Consequently, we need to do our bit as the Senate. We need to start the process of making this Article 43 a reality. I promise this House that we are going to put our best foot forward. This is not a simple Bill; it is a difficult one. It is the first attempt at trying to make a reality of Article 43. However, we are up to the task. I am grateful to Sen. Mumma who has even promised to get us in touch with resource persons, who can help us create the kind of instruments that will be useful when the Senate tries to oversight the implementation of these basic rights. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am very grateful for the way the whole Committee and the whole House has handled this debate. I am totally happy and this gives me the courage to go further and work. I have promised myself to put my best foot forward. Before this Bill gets to the Committee of the Whole stage, it is my wish and that of my support team on this Bill to come back suo motu and have a sitting with the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, again for them to hear us and tell us whether we need to do further polishing. We are prepared for the long haul. We are prepared to go and come back. Some of us are still Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students. Any person who has gone to that level of education knows that you will come up with a proposal, you go to your Professor, and he sends you back. You go again and he tells you to go back. You must be prepared for the long haul for you to achieve your goal. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in this case, we want to bring to bear all our academic thinking and mixed with all these ideas, and the team that supports these ideas of this Bill will come back to you, the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. If the Committee sends us back again, we will do so until we come to the Committee of the Whole, when we have captured at least a majority of the ideas in a manner that is acceptable to this House and the people of the Republic of Kenya. I thank you very much. I beg to reply to the Bill, so that it can now be read a Second Time."
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