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    "content": "Therefore, when Professor says that we need to appreciate the role of these wazees, I feel, just like any other Senator who spoke before me that this should have been done a long time ago. The Government should have taken another serious step. Any time they issue medals to the distinguished people of this country, those wazees should be in the list of people to be decorated. For sure, there is a lot that these wazees do that has not been documented. Just like the senior Senator from Laikipia said, if you go to any of the county commissioner offices or the District Commissioners offices, you will find that there is nothing they can do without those wazees . They rely, purely, on the wazees . Why are we suffering with regard to insecurity, particularly, in urban centres? Urban centres are more hit. Recently, I was in Kigali and met people with a culture that we need to cultivate. The fact that we always think about ourselves is something that we need to change. We need to consider the country first by realising that the other person is your brother, sister or your dad like Sen. G.G. who is seated there. If we had such a culture, we would hardly have the kind of problems we are having in our societies. Let me talk about the positive things I noted in that country. I found a society where even at 10.00 pm in the night, women would walk in Kigali with their handbags and phones comfortably, not worried about who is passing by them. I know that here in Nairobi that is just part of our history. We should allow these wazees to work and ensure that our culture does not get lost. Our culture was very rich among all the societies; Kikuyus, Maasais, Kambas and Kalenjins, among others. We were very rich and we used to respect one another. We had a culture where if you were walking past a woman who was having a problem and you did not assist her, you feared that the wazees would later call you. I appreciate this Motion because it is timely. I call upon other Senators to support it. Professor, probably, you need to go further and come up with a Bill so that we can make this into law. With those few remarks, I support."
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