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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, support this particular Motion. I believe Sen. Mong’are is of the same view; you have fallen in the same step with me. But I also remember that in Bungoma, you and I were the ones who were taking the first shot on the front line. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Orengo is so happy today; I do not know why, because he is using very emotional words like “sentimental” and so on, but it is all in the name of debate. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want to use this opportunity to bring the Senate together. If this Senate works together, what you saw happening yesterday in the main Chamber of the National Assembly, we would not have to work for it. We were all there, and all the Members of Parliament (MPs) were very happy with us. As I saw Members addressing the whole plenary, there was no single Member of the National Assembly who tried to throw a jibe at you or heckle you in any way because of the respect they have for the Senate. If we are working together, our brothers and sisters in the Lower House will also realize that they must work together with us, and they must also work amongst themselves. There is time for politics and there is time for us to work. This is the time for us to work to save our counties because we are the true salvation of the counties. If you think it is a joke, look at what happened in Kiambu; the Speaker, who knows very well that he is not the accounting officer, took away Kshs500,000, went on a spending trip in Mombasa, saying he has gone to Brazil, and so on. You can imagine humble people like the Governor of Migori – such a humble man and I know him; he has been the Chairman of Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) and I helped him a lot when I was the Chairman of the PAC – when it is reported today that he is going to ask for a referendum so that the Senate can be removed; it confirms that these are people who have now joined the gravy train, and who are regretting that the Senate has now decided to exercise its powers! We must not relent; if you have also seen in the media, one of the Governors that I respect most, Kidero; he has humbled himself and said: “maybe these titles we are having, we do not deserve them;” and that is precisely why we want to take them."
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