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"content": "That is why we sometimes need to do an audit of these seats so that we place certain benchmarks for being nominated to certain seats. It should not just be a matter of loyalty, but a matter of competence. They should be able to deliver and that is why Senators have been talking about the criteria for being nominated to this Senate to represent a special constituency. Some of us get as rhetorical as the other 47 of us who were elected with a specific mandate to certain counties or party manifestos. This is a debate that should continue so that it does not appear that some of us want to strangulate the special seats. This will be a good initiative as we go into the next election for some of us to come up with criteria to guide political parties of who should be the individuals to represent special constituencies, so that it is key to being nominated. Otherwise, the constituency of persons living with disabilities and other constituencies will be greatly disadvantaged if we do not consider the merits of being nominated into this positions under certain---"
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