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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ong’era",
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        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. First of all, I would like to commend by sister, Sen. Elachi, for bringing this Motion to this House. Commissioner Sarah Serem’s story has turned to be the story of the camel and the Arab. In this tale, we know that the camel became very arrogant when it went inside the tent. It got inside the tent, found it to be very comfortable and decided to kick out the Arab. Parliament is the very body that created the Sarah Serem Commission. However, this camel, if I can use this as an analogy, has decided to become the owner of the tent. Therefore, it is high time that we, Members of Parliament, kicked out this camel if not to kill it. I need not repeat the suffering that MCAs are going through. Distinguished Senators in this House have eloquently described how MCAs are suffering. In my County, Kisii County where I come from, the Leader of my delegation, hon. Chris Obure, can bear me witness, that we have many MCAs who are travelling many miles. There are some from South Mugirango who go all the way to the Kisii County Assembly. They travel on motor cycles because of the terrain of the roads. They go for almost 20 kilometres before they can take matatus . Owing to this, many of them have been reduced to paupers. In fact, there is a joke that they crack to the effect that before they get into the Assembly, they have to look for shoe shiner to polish their shoes because they are often very dusty. That is not the state at which we should reduce Members we are referring to as honourable. The Sarah Serem Commission should not tell us that we need to evaluate jobs of the county assemblies. As hon. Sen. Kajwang told us, it does not require a rocket scientist for constitutionally established job to be evaluated. I will borrow the words of Sen. (Prof.) Nyong’o, ocular proof. What ocular proof do you need other than the Constitution which is very clear?"
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