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    "content": "any of our meetings or retreats, and say that this is the position that the Senate must take. Everybody else, political affiliations notwithstanding, you will seek and say this is the way to go. I say so because many of you might not be aware that we have 16 pending court cases against the Senate. Several Committees in this Senate cannot function. I am waiting because one of these fine days, the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, the Committee on Information and Technology and the Committee on Education are going to be injuncted from performing their roles because we have not taken a strong position against the orders that are being issued against us. What we do is wait for the legal support staff to advise the Senate as to whether or not we should proceed, enter appearance or file any documents. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the injunctions issued against the Senate was issued on the grounds that the Senate did not file a reply. I remember the injunction issued against the Senate in the impeachment of Wambora was issued because the Senate did not file a response. Sooner than later, we will be issued with more orders because the country is watching whether we will react to some of these injunctions. Although it appears that the leadership of this House has attempted to intervene informally with the Judiciary in so far as some of these things are concerned. However, it is now evident that those informal interactions are taking the Senate nowhere because, as I speak, there are several things that we have not done. Articles 96, 125, 181 and 182, have been violated. So, what is left? We have nothing else left in our mandate that has not been injuncted. As I move this Motion, therefore, I want to strongly propose that we support the work of this committee so that one of the pending issues before the Senate today can be determined as quickly as possible. Kenyans have been watching carefully for the determination of the Senate on some of the matters that are pending before us, but we have shied away from making those determinations. That is not a legal position we have taken. It is a political position. That is what is going to be the genesis of the end of the second Senate of this Republic of Kenya as we watch. It is a sad day, but there is a small window. 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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