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    "id": 1267707,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "want to work for Kenyans. If you want to work for Kenyans, you do not need to duplicate a Bill, you appear as a brilliant fool. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the powers of the board, I agree with the Bill. However, I ask Sen. Orwoba, since she is one of us and a youthful person, to at least not put in too many years of experience. She should just put around five years. I remember when we were pushing for the County Attorney Act, we had a push and pull. People wanted ten years’ experience as a lawyer to be a county attorney. We told them that you do not even get a lawyer in some counties in this Republic. What we did is, we pulled it down to five years’ experience. Sen. Orwoba, I ask that even in the experience for board membership, at least relook at the age and experience so that we can have more youthful people. You know Kenya is one of the IT hubs. We want to ensure that the common seal of authority is there. Of course, the form of licenses, class licenses, and revoking. I have a request on the revocation of a license. Clause 31 says that the board shall before revoking a license issue to Konza Technopolis Enterprise notice in a prescribed form. I know that you can review the High Court. This is important so that we do not have powers on the board that can be revoked. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the issue of register of license among others, these are things we will agree on. In Clause 46 on accounts and audit, I request that once in a while when these reports are taken to the Auditor General, the Authority should also appear before Parliament. I request Sen. Orwoba to be careful and not put the National Assembly but Parliament, in order for this Authority to appear before the Senate and the National Assembly because this is our making. The Board will therefore go in that direction. In conclusion, this is what this nation wants to do. Kenyans elected all of us to come and sit in this House. I do not know of any other reason an elected Member of Parliament in Senate or National Assembly, should go to the streets or villages yet people elected them to sit here. Madam Temporary Speaker, today is a usual working day. If you have a divergent opinion, come to the Floor of the House and given us a policy or legislative intervention the way Sen. Orwoba has done. That is how we move this country. We cannot move this country by going to the streets and making noise. We are not powerless. We exercise authority as provided by the Constitution and on behalf of Kenyans. If there is any alternative, then it should be the alternative of giving Kenyans leadership and doing our work. Therefore, I call upon our colleagues that we should be in Parliament. I also saw many people yesterday on social media say that there is maandamano in the Senate. There is no maandamano in the Senate. We are discharging our constitutional mandate. Those are excited people on social media. It is no news about the Minority Side. Azimio One Kenya Alliance have always walked out even when the Speaker was being elected in this House. However, the House has moved on. I have heard the clergy say that the President and the former Premier should sit. To discuss what? Elections were done and dusted. There is a constitutionally, democratically elected Government in place. What will be the value of elections in future? Why should we go for elections? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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