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    "id": 1442932,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I saw a newspaper article in the Standard today saying that Members of the National Assembly are in hiding. The question is: Where are these Members? I am very proud to be a Senator today because we are not hiding from the people. We are here to take responsibility for all our actions and to try and deal with the problems that we have contributed in bringing about. There are things, in my view, that we can do and this moment does not call for us to tell the young people what to do. We need to demonstrate that we are hearing what they are saying and look at ourselves in the mirror. It has to be about us. We must start with the House of the Senate and the House of Parliament and as leadership, generally, so that we are able to demonstrate that we understand what these young people are saying. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in my presentation, I will be proposing that we do not tell anybody else other than ourselves what we are going to do going forward, to try and help this country move from the quagmire that it finds itself in. There are very low-hanging fruits and my friends here have spoken, for instance, about the supposed salary increments. In defense of the SRC, I know many of you have bashed them here, but gazette notice that is in the public domain and in discussion right now, was published on the 9th August, 2022, the day we went for elections. I am telling you that because when MPs go for elections, people should know in advance how much they will make. The role of setting salaries was removed from us. The public still thinks that Sifuna has the power to increase his own salary. I do not have that power. That power is in a constitutional commission called the SRC. 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 and AudioServices, Senate."
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