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    "id": 1516691,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I was in Meru, Mandera, Nandi and Murang’a. The question that people are asking is that we send money to mashinani, but why do we not follow it up and see if it is working? That is the question that all Senators here are asked. We need to be creative and innovative. Let us do away with the Senate Mashinani and start breaking away in 10 groups. In one weekend, two Committees can go to some regions so that we reach various counties. I hope the Senate Majority Leader will take it up with the House leadership and the SBC. I want to appeal to the SBC to also be alive to what is happening. If we have a problem in the country, the way we had the state of the nation debate, at the SBC where you sit, you should be alive to it. If a matter happens in the morning and you are meeting at midday and a Member wants to bring it out in the afternoon, our Standing Orders have catered for it. We do not need to be morticians. Sometimes we need to be proactive. The SBC has rose to the occasion on several occasions. I do not know what we will do regarding our Bills, Motions and Statements. I do not know how we will improve the processing of Statements, Motions and Petitions. It has become a problem. We have so many reports in the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee and County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC). Members always come to our Committees and ask what we are doing about a particular recommendation that we made. We need to sit as a House and see how we should process Statements, Petitions and Motions and also become creative. Through the House leadership, I appeal to the Chairs of Committees. Please, do not discuss a Member’s Motion, Statement or Bill without their involvement. It is collegiate that you are reading to them. Why would you discuss my Motion or Bill when I am not there? Madam Temporary Speaker, for instance, I received feedback on my Bill from your Committee on social media, when I was taking chai, mandazi and madondo somewhere in Kilimani. It is important for collegiality and respect to engage Members who bring matters before the House. Finally on an issue that is live, I want to appeal to our friends who are content creators. They came with drama and machismo for content creation on TikTok and to trend on X and Facebook. People say that they are senior lawyers and advocates, but fools also get old. I have read that the ruling of the court was directed to the National Assembly. To infringe that the Senate is involved is a wrong premise, because the Constitution divided the roles of the two Houses; the National Assembly and the Senate. When you read the ruling, it talks of the National Assembly. It involves the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Moses Wetangula. If he is a party leader and at the same time the Speaker, it is the business of the National Assembly. The court did not say we can invite ourselves to the table in determining the court order. Let us be honest when we engage in terms of reading the law. When you look at Article 262, the Constitution envisages a purposeful interpretation of the law involving court orders. Therefore, our brothers from the minority side sitting on the majority side--- The goodness with the Senate is that there is free sitting. It will just make news today and people will create content. Some of them have 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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