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"content": "I would like to congratulate Sen. Moses Masika Wetangula for his re-election; he told me that he is the only Senator who is serving the second term in the post 2010 Senate of this Republic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think when it comes to the quality of this House – quality of debate and the quality of contribution – the position of Sen. Wetangula is not in doubt. I congratulate him; I made it clear to him when he went to the by-election that I wished him the very best, and it will be great to have him back, but, unfortunately, I was not going to campaign for or against him. When he finally succeeded, I was very happy. We have conversed with him in the past in this House when we were discussing about the protection of the integrity and status of this House. There are times when I always ask myself “who will address this matter clearly in a manner that the public will realize?” Sometimes I consult him and tell him that if he was to address certain issues, it would come out better than when Sen. Murkomen does it. That is the recognition of various abilities that different people have, because there is no better person who can bring out words such as “polemics” than Sen. Wetangula. I liked it the other day when he said “devolution is not governors;” and so on, and so forth. When they were addressing the press conference the other day as the leaders of both Houses, I chose to accompany them because, again, we had a long conversation with the Senate Minority Leader on matters of law. Sometimes when I am not so sure about certain interpretations because of the confusing statements that sometimes come from certain people or certain members of the public, I usually go back to people like him to crosscheck, only to realize that the others were pursuing the frolic on their own. Because if Sen. Amos Wako agrees with me, if Sen. James Orengo agrees with me, if Sen. Wetangula agrees with me; if the professor of law, my former lecturer, Sen. (Prof.) Kithure, agrees with me, if Sen. Murungi, a Harvard trained lawyer, agrees with me, I think I will doubt the other interpretations we see out there. That is why I am really grateful that you came back. I was going to oppose this Motion, but because the Senate Majority Leader assured me that Senator--- I was only going to oppose because I was worried that my friend, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale – my new found good friend – was not going to serve in any Committee. With the creation of new committees, he will be a Member of one of the Committees and I will be proposing that he will be the chair of such a Committee like the Majority Leader, the Senate Majority Leader and Sen. Murungi has said. This is so that he can continue with his senatorial bull fighting to assist us to address issues of concern. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to tell Sen. Wetangula that there are a lot of misconceptions out there, especially in the role of the Committee he is going to serve, that is, the one for budget. There is a misconception that Senators are interested in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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