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"content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to oppose this Bill. Sometimes you wonder why people do not just accept their positions as they are and exactly what they went to ask the Kenyan public to give them. Every elective position has a job description pegged to it by the Constitution. When you asked to be a constituency MP, there were certain duties that Kenyans expected you to perform. If you asked for the seat of the Women Representative, there are certain roles that Kenyans expected you to play. If you went for the Senate seat, the same thing applies. I see that this Bill is not in good spirit. This Bill tries to take powers through the back door. The Senators are not angles. They cannot be any different from the governors and we would want to see most of them in 2017 going for the governor’s seat and we see how they will perform. I voted for President Uhuru Kenyatta and I am imagining today what would happen if you appointed the President a secretary of some board to be creating some funny laws, when all Kenyans voted for him to become the Executive President of this country. It is my prayer to this House that the powers of the governors are not diluted. We should give them their due according to the Constitution of Kenya. When you go through this Bill, you will see in many clauses the Senators have tried to give themselves powers; powers to be the chairpersons and to nominate I do not The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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