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"content": "imperial lords in our counties. When they come to the Senate, we have held them to account and put them in their place. I am so happy that yesterday, when the first Broad-Based Government (BBG) Cabinet sat, one of the first things that they communicated in their resolution was the invocation of the constitutional principle, where if someone makes a decision that leads to the loss of public funds, that person is held liable. For the first time, I saw from the Cabinet a statement that public officers who contribute to the loss of public funds shall be surcharged and held individually responsible. Even when this Parliament was attacked by young people who were not coming to attack us, but to have a conversation with us, it was the Senate that insisted that we had to continue with our sessions. I urge the Senate Business Committee (SBC) that there are certain Motions and certain Bills that have been in the Order Paper for quite some time. We need to prioritise them, so that even Senators can report progress. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate Sen. Cherarkey. The other day, I saw that he is one of those Senators who has brought more legislative proposals and Statements to this House. I believe all of us have burning and pressing issues that can be brought to the Floor of this House. As a House, let us agree to sort out this issue of the oversight mechanisms for Senators. I do not want to call it an oversight fund, because it is not money that you would call a fund. It is oversight mechanisms and arrangements or giving Senators the instruments and tools that can allow them to go around and carry out their constitutional mandate. Right now, as we speak, Sen. Okiya Omtatah has been forced to go to court to compel a county government to produce accountability records. We need to give ourselves teeth. No one is going to give it to us. If other parties were to have their way, they would de-tooth the Senate. If we donate our powers or the space to any other institution, they are not going to give us more. They are going to take away from the Senate. We must find a bipartisan way of sorting out this issue of oversight arrangements, so that in between our sessions - because on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we are out there in the counties - we should be able to facilitate Senators to carry out their constitutional duties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I finalise, because this was a procedural Motion, this Senate is expected to have a fairly adult conversation on issues affecting this nation. The issue of jobs has come up. I do not want to take a personal approach to it. I am glad that Sen. Tabitha Keroche is in this House. Perhaps, I might not know about every other Senator, but I believe that she is one of those who are creating jobs in this Republic. I want to disclose this. When Sen. Tabitha Keroche joined this House, she talked to most of the Senators. She talked to me and told me she was expanding her operations. She asked if I could get her someone with certain qualifications, so that she could consider them to push my organization to the next level. Very few entrepreneurs will tell you that. Very few entrepreneurs will reach out to colleagues and tell them, they are expanding; I am scaling up; if you have someone, recommend them to me, because some 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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