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"content": "These are Bills that are in the Committee of the Whole Stage. I want to request colleagues that if possible, we can schedule time next week and prioritise the conclusion of Bills that we have finished in moving of the amendments and all that is required is to vote. I would like to request Members to prioritise their attendance to the House so that we conclude on those Bills. We also have Motions on reports of the various Standing Committees, including the Committee on Devolution and Integovernmental Relations, into the state of markets in Vihiga and Bungoma counties arising from a Statement that had been sought by Sen. Osotsi and Sen. Wakoli from the two counties. There is a progress report also from the National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration Committee. I want us to debate this because it is one of the takeaway items that came out of the Motion that this House debated after the June 25th protest of 2024. Many times, we keep on being asked about what else we have done after speaking for that long. This Committee has done fairly good work although not to the level that we asked of them at that particular time. However, the reason I am seeking your indulgence, hon. Members, is because we need to look at what Sen. Chute's Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration has done so far, so that we can infuse further ideas about how to make this Report conclusive. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I really request we have a conversation on this next week, so that Members can speak to it with passion. This is one of the things that keeps us, as a country, on tenterhooks every other time; the fact that opportunities are not shared equally. The Senate can lead the way in ensuring that we grant equal opportunity to all Kenyans. By the way, Parliament would just make a good example because I served in the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) and I know we have a regional representation policy. Every time we do employment in Parliament, part of what we consider is the geographical representation of the candidates that are being considered, especially, when there is mass employment. A quota of the positions are allocated to every region, including even in internship opportunities. This Parliament has internship opportunities for lawyers, for example, and one of the things that we do is that we offer those opportunities per county. If this year we have county one to 15 - because there are 15 slots now unless they have been increased - those 15 counties sit out for the next three years until the rest of the 32 counties out of the 47 have gotten an opportunity to present a candidate. Such are the kind of interventions that this House can recommend to ensure that as a country, even in terms of employment and equal opportunities in all, the span and breadth of the public sector is represented. That needs to be covered in this Report. Therefore, I want to urge Members that next week when we discuss this Report, please, bring your A game, so that we will can be done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, the projected business for Thursday, 24th will be any other business that will not have been concluded on Tuesday and Wednesday. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, and hereby lay this Statement on the Table of the Senate. 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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