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    "content": "whether it was borrowed from elsewhere as precedence. But whatever the title is, it is does not really a matter; what matters is the service that we render. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the issue of the niceties and ceremonies that go with the various offices, ours of the Senate and the Governors included, I think it is also right that we set standards say, for instance, of vehicles. I have seen motorcades perhaps when the President or other leaders are in the area. Who is first; is it the escort car? Who is next; is it the Governor? Sometimes there is a struggle and we only thank God that we have not had accidents, because we have drivers trying to jostle for positions which they imagine belong to their bosses. We have created confusion even among our security forces, who are supposed to keep order. The officers come there; sometimes the National Youth Service (NYS) want to organize the sitting arrangement, but you would see frustration in their faces in some of these functions because they do not know who is to be sitted where. Sometimes they want to seat you on this side, but they do not know whether they have offended you or not. Some are abused and it is really very demoralizing. The protocol people are really a frustrated lot because they do not know where to place who where, because there is no blueprint. That is why I want to thank the Senator for this initiative to try and set order that will make work easy for everybody. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the security and protocol issues in functions, we have had so many people put askaris there, who are supposed to maintain peace and order in this country. Whenever there are functions, these security officers have to be withdrawn just to organize people on how to flow, where to sit, to close doors and even to be bouncers, as it were. At times, you can be going to the stadium for celebrations and you find that Senators have nowhere to sit. That ends up not being a celebration but humiliation of the worst category. With those few remarks, I support this Bill and hope that the amendments that will be brought will enrich it. We need to reach out to ward level, village level and county level so that there is order. Is it a Member of the County Assembly who is more senior than the District Officer or the Chief? Where do Deputy County Commissioners fall? We need to have protocol in terms of all cadres. I support."
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