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    "content": "do that, it creates a negative impact between the people we are representing and us, as leaders ourselves. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to support or note this speech because it is a way of reminding us; there is a saying in the Bible that says in Kiswahili “Nabii hanaheshima kwao” because when you remind your colleagues about these things, it now becomes a political issue because you are from a certain political background and that is why you are saying this. But it is all about reminding ourselves. What are we going to do to make Kenya a home where everybody will want to stay? Home is home; home is the best and it is only for us to work together as a team, to stand together and to pull together to change the things that we think are impossible. It is our duty and responsibility to work hard towards improving what we think it is impossible. It is only through hard work, understanding one another, listening to one another and listening to the people we represent that we will pick what can help us. It is not all that you are told that you can use to help you, but it is always good to listen. As you get criticism, you take what can help you, move the agenda ahead. Other criticism you may ignore because you feel it is not of importance, but a few can help move this country ahead. Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of ensuring a peaceful country is the responsibility of all of us. It is through a peaceful environment that we can engage and come up with concrete solutions that can help this country move ahead. I am so happy that the issues that are affecting this country for sure are within this Speech. If we are going to borrow what is in this Speech, I am sure we are going to overcome some of the issues that we think are a problem. When you go to other countries, you will find that what we feel that Kenya is behind, you find that we are in the middle or we are trying so hard to be on top. I want to cite an example of my visit to Zambia, where I could not access so many offices. I was missing home because back in Kenya, only a few areas are inaccessible; but most of the facilities are accessible. So, even if I think that Kenya is not doing something on disability, when I visit other countries, I can confidently say that Kenya, on disability, is moving us ahead. With those few issues that we highlight, we learn and benchmark from other countries; we are able to improve where we are seeing that we have a shortfall and it is also going to help us to improve or work towards achieving what we want to achieve. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are not badly off as a country. If only we can learn to listen, we can learn to benchmark and use whatever we have learnt from others, if only we can pass laws and implement them. Kenya has good policies but the problem is in the implementers; the service providers are letting us down. It is high time that this Senate held people accountable. If they are failing to implement already existing laws, we need to hold them accountable because that is our duty and responsibility. We are not going to waste time coming up with good laws, policies and then somebody somewhere just sleeps on his or her job only for us, again, to come up and review these laws or policies as if we did not have them in the first place. 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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