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"content": "There were such books as, “Electricity made Simple”, “Biology made Simple”, “Algebra made Simple”, et cetera, because there are people, for example, if it is Physics and you give them that book written by Abbot, they will not understand the Bernoullis Principle. I remember there was this teacher who used to teach us in Lenana School and he would say: “You cannot understand the Bernoullis Principle unless it is taught by me”. It depends on who teaches you the Bernoullis Principle and which book you read. Because I can see that some of my colleagues are floating, the Bernoullis Principle is the principle that enables aircrafts to take off. Simply put, it says that if the surface area above an object is larger, there will be less pressure and that will allow that object to take off. That explains the shape and dynamics that aircrafts are designed with. So, this country requires understanding that in terms of the Constitution, there are some people who have abrogated themselves that they know this Constitution more than any other person and they are in town, marketing half baked ideas about constitutional theory or no ideas at all. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the crux of this matter is that there are people who believe that when you have a Bill, where that Bill goes between the National Assembly and the Senate is a matter to be determined by anybody; the Attorney-General, a Cabinet Secretary, the Speaker of the “Lower House” or the Speaker of the Senate alone but that is not the case. I said here last week that for the last 18 months, some people have broken the law. I want to tell them that through this process that is beginning today if the Senate approves this Motion, some people should start preparing themselves for the consequences of abusing and disregarding the Constitution of our country. This matter is not going to die easily. Some people think that we are just playing to the gallery. They have forgotten, first and foremost, that we are Kenyans, to start with and we have a stake in this country. Secondly, each one of us in this House is a Senator of the Republic of Kenya. We swore to defend and uphold the Constitution without fear or favour, affection or ill will and so when we say these things, we are not just saying them as any other person in town, but Senators of Kenya. If we do not say them, who will? For a long time, we have been trying other methods and sometimes you want to give people time to ventilate because there are people who want to be seen to be shining and so you give them time because some of us are not looking for an opportunity to shine; we have shone. Everybody here has shone before and that is why we are here. If Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale never shone in the Ninth and Tenth Parliaments, he would not be the Senator for Kakamega County. Even our nominated colleagues; if they did not have something our parties saw in them, they would not be here. My brother, Sen. Wetangula, here is not here by default; you think he has lost direction and maybe he should have been a governor, some of us are very clear in our minds that this is the place to be and we are here for a long time; we are not going anywhere. I have heard some people saying that the Senate is a weak House and that some of us should go to the “Lower House”. What do we go to the “Lower House” for? From here, we can only go up and not down. We cannot even go to be governors in the countryside. I know some of us in this House 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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