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    "content": "manner that people appreciate. This is because when this new Constitution was being drafted, many people did not appreciate what the Senate would look like or do. I remember when we were in Naivasha, some Members even referred to the Senate as a council of elders. Others wanted to call it a House of counties; and other said that the Senate should sit three months in one year. But you can see now all the work that is coming here, including the impeachment processes and so on. This Senate has its work cut out. I have no doubt that Mrs. Lornah Mumelo will join Dr. Ali and other positive-thinking Members of the PSC to see and appreciate what it means to have a Senate and National Assembly and run a constituency called a county as a Senator. If you go to Canada, members who represent constituencies in the Northern Frontier, called territories, are actually even provided state helicopters to do their work. How do you expect, for example, the Senators for Garissa, Kitui, Marsabit and Turkana, which is almost 20 per cent of the landmass of Kenya, to cover their counties, and yet they are treated equally to the Member for Makadara in Nairobi? It is not possible. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will urge Lornah and Dr. Ali to get into this PSC and bring in a breath of fresh air and make a difference and the work of Parliament, which consists of the National Assembly and the Senate; to be distinguished as to what our duties are and appreciate that we need to work efficiently. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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