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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "earned its space as one of the countries that is in front, in terms of what we can do for this continent to move forward. I want to give credit to my colleagues. Although I had the Pan-African team, which was elected by both the National Assembly and Senate; I want to commend the work Sen. (Prof.) Kamar has done in her Committee. She has made herself a knowledgeable person to be looked and relied upon. Hon. Majimbo Kalasinga, Hon. Esther Passaris, Mheshimiwa Mukami and Kenyans in the plenary, were there. I was leading the onslaught. Everybody got to know that although we went late because our elections were held later than the others; we occupied our space and people respect our nation. We flew our flag high and it was doubled when the President came to address the session. So, I commend this report. I encourage the support that we have been given by the Senate. The only thing I wanted to mention here is that the Senate needs to organize itself. This is because we were supposed to go for a week for committee sittings. Sen. (Prof.) Kamar and myself did not go, but the other three Members of the National Assembly went. We cannot understand how this happened. Maybe, we need some explanation because we were told the Senate does not have money. How can the Senate not have money to represent us yet the others have and we are talking about the same Parliament? This is not something that we should encourage. We should manage our affairs in such a way that we do not lose our space. Some of us have been given responsible positions in those Committees. We are relied upon. I am in the Committee on Finance. If the Chairman is not there, they always call upon me to chair those sessions. So, it was very sad that I could not go. We even offered to pay for ourselves, but we were told that we would not be refunded. This should not happen. We think this is bad management of these affairs. This is because we are losing something when we do not appear or are not present. I hope the Senate administration is listening to me where they are. We need to arrange ourselves better so that we are not absent. Kenya needs to occupy itself. It cannot be that small countries like Equatorial Guinea are able to go and make their presence be felt yet Kenya - the country that is regarded as a powerhouse - is not there. This is just a shame and it should not happen. Aside from that, I commend this report and I beg to move. I ask the Hon. Sen. Cheruiyot to second. I thank you."
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