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    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "opportunity to lord over other people and not to serve them.’ I believe that if the Government sat back and reflected, they would realise that all the answers and all the solutions are here. As we craft this Motion and as the Senate Majority Leader brings further amendments, I have further proposals. I am particularly disturbed when I see the military walking around the streets of Nairobi. We have seen what has happened in neighbouring countries. Let us not tempt our military. Let us keep them in the barracks. Let them do the spectacular job they have always done of defending and protecting this nation from external aggression. When you bring the military to the streets, it is like exposing a child to sugar or honey. We have seen what has happened before. Sudan was a big economy. It was booming. The agricultural, petroleum and mining sector was booming. It is now in shambles. Ethiopia was an economy that was competing with Kenya. It was poised to overtake Kenya. Safaricom went into Ethiopia. Kenyan banks and insurance companies wanted to go into Ethiopia. It was messed up by the military. Our resolution is despite what the High Court has done and what the National Assembly did, let the military take the tanks back to the barracks. That should be a resolution of this House. Secondly, I have heard some instances of sibling rivalry. Since the Senate is sitting and the National Assembly is in hiding, there are people who are saying, ‘scrap the Senate.’ I want to tell those who say ‘scrap the Senate’ that we have got a good record as a Senate. We have referred 146 cases to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Out of the 146 cases, very few of them have been investigated or prosecuted to conclusion. We have told the EACC we are going to bring them here before the Committee of the Whole. I want to tell Gen Z, please, pay the EACC a visit. There is a problem there. You need to go and visit and say hello to the EACC because we have a problem. This House, in terms of accountability, has impeached at least five governors. That is 10 per cent of the counties. Can our brothers tell us how many Cabinet Secretaries they have impeached? This House has gone to the Supreme Court to seek opinions that have developed jurisprudence in this nation. This House, in unison, marched to Milimani Law Courts. In our march to Milimani Law Courts, the late Sen. Haji, Sen. Gideon Moi and the Senators that you could not imagine, were the ones leading our march to Milimani Law Courts on the concurrence matter. This Senate has taken its services and sittings out of Nairobi. We have gone to four counties. This Senate has organized legislative conferences and devolution conferences. They should tell us the last time the National Assembly sat outside Nairobi. However, it does not matter because in the end, the difference between us and them is like the difference between a cheetah and a leopard. In my community, we have one name for both. It does not matter whether we voted ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ We are all collectively in this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the SRC matter has been dealt with. Perhaps what we should have said is what should have gone to MPs as a salary increment, be redirected to a certain cause; doctors or the JSS teachers. I would like the Senate Majority Leader to include another action on this Motion; that, the Cabinet Secretary to the National Treasury, Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u, who has the habit of snubbing the Senate every time we invite him, to invoke Article 225 on any County 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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