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"content": "I believe and hope that all the leaders who have talked to this Motion in this House spoke to themselves as individuals, asked themselves the hard questions that they were pronouncing, as to whether or not when we sit back in our various offices, we utilize the resources that we have. It is not enough to accuse or blame other leaders and say so-and-so has not done what they are supposed to do. The Members of the National Assembly have failed and not done their job. Those who are in the Executive have failed, how about us, as the Senate? Those are the hard questions that I believe, at the end of all these debates, we should be able to reflect as leaders and ask ourselves, when I sit back, when I oversight the county government that I represent, do I do it because I have failed to get a share of what goes out there or I am doing it because I want to make sure that service delivered to the people of Bomet is within the number of resources that have been allocated to that particular county? Do I do it because I am fighting a political score? Do I desire to also engage for purposes of political gain? I believe this Motion and the recommendations that we are going to make will be those that are for posterity. It will be the recommendation that if today you were to be in that office as a governor who has exited from this office as a Senator, you will be able to do it because it is the right thing to do. It is not enough to blame everyone and ask where we lost and where we missed the track. I believe it did not have to take the young Kenyans to demonstrate, to let us know that there is an issue with leadership. It is time we reflect and deal with issues of governance at all levels of leadership, whether it is at the Senate, the National Assembly or the county governments, where we all know there is rampant corruption. The other Government agencies which we have blamed and issued statements to also have a position to take in their failures in governance. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe the action by the President to engage the public in the X Space, the public address and the withdrawal of the Finance Bill showed goodwill to the country; that, as Kenyans, we should now be ready to have a candid conversation and agree on a way forward. Yesterday, when the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Bill, a product of bipartisan and radical engagement, was signed, it also gave direction on the way we desire to run this country. I believe the framework that has been set, which will start off next week, will feed into a lot of the conversations that we have had both in this House and outside to the kind of leadership that we want as a country. I believe the dialogue that will come will also be implemented not only at the Executive level, but also in this House of Parliament. It will still go to the management of our debt because it is not that it started yesterday or on 25th of June; it started before then. It became heavy when it had to take the young ones to tell us that we have failed in our leadership style. I believe that as leaders, it has given us a new lease of life and an opportunity to reflect and decide on the direction which we want to take this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the young ones talked about employment opportunities. They have gone to school, trained and they have experience. Therefore, they need to do that which they went to school to study for. However, they do not have that opportunity because we have not been able to advance and enhance our agriculture sector, for 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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