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    "id": 1243835,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the greatest respect to my younger colleague in the profession, the Senator for Nandi County, I believe that I understand the Constitution of Kenya quite well. There is a reason the framers expressed the delegated authority as exercisable directly or indirectly. All I was saying is on critical matters affecting mwananchi. I think he was not here when I was talking about the sort of insulation from the people that I feel when I am in this Chamber because of the layers of security and distance from home. Sometimes you feel that you can say things here and by the time you travel to your constituency, you will have sent people to convince people not to heckle you. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, all I am saying is that as a representative of the people, I would want nothing more than the people to know what I do in this House. We have the Parliamentary Broadcasting Services (PBS), so that the people can see if it is true that the things you are saying on the Floor are not your own, but things that the people sent you. I gave an example of Ofafa Jericho because in Nairobi City County, we are in the process of developing old City Council estates. I was in Ofafa Jericho. They told me that for them, they view this redevelopment different from, for instance, the people in Woodley or Bahati. All I am saying is that the mood on that critical day when a decision is being taken, will be very different. I am sure and I know this because I am also a politician. I gave an example of the Senate Mashinani of 2018 in Uasin Gishu County, at the height of our problem with the maize farmers. I was not a Senator then. However, I watched with great respect the people of Uasin Gishu County telling their Senator to his face that, that is not the positon they sent him to take. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I suggested that the National Assembly should follow the example that has been set by the Senate and on this particular Bill, the Finance Bill. I would wish that it be voted for while the Assembly is not here in Nairobi City behind this fence, but mashinani kwa ground. When you tell us that you are voting for the people of Kipkelion Constituency and support the Finance Bill, which has the punitive tax measures, the people can be there to tell you: “No, we want to do this ourselves.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am a firm supporter. In fact, I am happy that you chose the North Rift. As you know, Turkana County has an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Government. I would want to be personally there to see some of the things that my Governor is doing. I have argued in other quarters that if some of these national institutions were permanently taken to some of the North Rift areas that are troubled with insecurity, and with the sort of security I see my brother, the Senator for Nandi County moving around with being replicated to all the 67 Senators, then there will be enough security in the"
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