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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. It is now 12 years since we promulgated the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Not just promulgation but applying it in its current form. We have had elections in 2013, 2017 and 2022, and soon, we are going to have an election in 2027. We would only be dogs if we have not learned any lessons during this period that we have applied. I am one of the proponents of doing a total audit of the entire Constitution, so that where it has been good, we continue, and where it has been bad, we discontinue. During that exercise of discontinuing where it has been bad, we replace it with something better. Where it has been good, we make it even better. That is all that audit is supposed to do. I, therefore, proudly stand in my place this afternoon to strongly support the proposal by Sen. Chimera. If this Motion is carried, it will be a win for the youth of this country. Through their young colleague, they would have proved that if you send a young Senator to this House, they make a difference. Secondly, it is going to be a win for integrity. Sen. Chimera has been looking for support up to now, including being elected for the first time. Nonetheless, because he has cut off the fabric of integrity, he is saying that he will put his foot down, so that integrity can have its place in the Republic of Kenya. This is not a theoretical proposal. We already have a case where the current Governor of Bungoma has served for five years as a Speaker. This could happen. Number two, the current Speaker of this House is an immediate former governor who is serving. This is happening. Number three, Sen. Mandago and Sen. Ali Roba serve in the Senate. We are not in the realm of theory but reality. Are you telling me that while Speaker Lusaka was sitting where you are with those immense powers, there were no questions of oversight arising from his tenure in Bungoma County? Are you telling me that there are no such questions emanating from the counties of Mandera, Uasin Gishu, and Kilifi? They are there. Therefore, the only goodbye we can tell the four distinguished leaders I have mentioned is that nothing is personal when this law is applied. The principle of application will be the usual standards. You do not take laws backward, as the Mover of the Motion has said, which is the principle that governs lawmaking all over the world. It is not possible for a report finding a sitting Speaker culpable in matters of integrity arising from his tenure in office when he was in his county to find its way on the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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