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"content": "liberty also being celebrated. I am afraid you will not see any of them. I just hope that this will be communicated. In the Biblical scriptures, Jubilee refers to the year of liberation; a time when everybody is set free. Instead of spending Kshs1 billion in a day, why do we not just spend Kshs20 million and then use the rest of the money to give food to the poor for once in 50 years? We could pay school fees for orphans so that they can also enjoy the fruits. Why are we having such a big budget for a one day celebration where somebody from Mathare or Kwale will not be in attendance? Some of them are even too sick to go to the stadia. They just need even Kshs10,000 to support their lives. Why can we not, in this jubilee, celebrate it with a difference that impacts the real Kenyan mwananchi at the grassroots, so that everybody across the board can say that there was something called “50 years jubilee?” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, without humility as leaders or office holders, we are not communicating anything effective. If you are effective as a leader, you do not have to advertise yourself. You do not even have to lord it over anybody or force people to notice you. If you want anything else apart from servant leadership, the doors are wide open. Allow Kenyans to bring people to this House and the Governors, Members of Parliament and Women Representative position, who maybe out there do not have anything to be celebrated but, at least, have a heart that can create impact. Recently, I was coming from the airport and spent about five hours to my house. It was not so much because of the traffic jam, but many times we were stopped because somebody was passing across and as we moved a bit, somebody else was passing the opposite side. So, every 20 minutes, there was somebody whose motorcade was approaching and we all had to be stopped. The motorcades are so many. We will even stop doing anything at all. There is a motorcade from east to west and another one from west to east, and you all have to wait. There is also a Cabinet Secretary, Governor, Deputy Governor and there are sirens all over the place with so many flags. We are so confused and do not know who is passing to where. Before we know it, criminals will just need a flag and motorcade and they will proceed to rob a bank with a siren, and the policemen will clear the road for them. We have to put a stop to this and have some sanity reigning in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support fully the proposal by the Mover of this Bill that we have the President--- It is not in question that he is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of this country and we must give honour to whom honour is due. Then there is the Deputy President, the Chief Justice and the Speakers of Parliament. In his wisdom, the Member states: “A Speaker of a House of Parliament.” This, again, allows us the opportunity not to get into the petty rivalries between the Senate and National Assembly. If both of them are in attendance, let wisdom rein to know who is superior. By the way, it really makes no sense to me whoever is superior or inferior. Whatever it is, they are Speakers of both Houses of Parliament. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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