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    "id": 469616,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Haji",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to join my colleagues in supporting this Motion. I agree with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that there are many of us who had reservations about this Constitution. We said, from one side of the House, that apparently the whole nation was being driven by the civil society in drawing up the Constitution. If you look at the coalitions we have had in this country, you will see that they have been draining the resources. They are driven by lawyers who want some kind of employment to supplement their jobs in Parliament. Madam Temporary Speaker, the fellows who are running around here with pigs are people with no stature; who do not know what they are doing. They are being misguided and used by the civil society. If you watched them on the television, I am not shy, to say some of them looked like hippos. They continue to abuse Members of Parliament and Senators as if we are silly. We are not silly. The people who elected us to this House are not fools. They are not fools because they knew what they were doing. We were the best choice among many other candidates who stood, but did not make it to the National Assembly or the Senate. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you watched Ms. Serem as she said what she was saying, she was full of airs, very abusive, she demeaned us and we will not let her go unchallenged. Both the Senate and the National Assembly should pull up and make sure that we place her where she belongs together with all her members. This is totally wrong. If you asked to know about the salary of her driver, you would realize that he earns about Kshs80,000 and yet county assembly representatives who have been elected by thousands of people are expected to earn Kshs61,000. They have no houses. I was surprised when my brother was talking about one of the councillor’s who comes from Eldoret. If you go to Wajir and Mandera, you will see that the representatives go for over 300 kilometres to go to the county headquarters. Do we expect them to eat sand? Do they not have children 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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