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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am wondering whether the reason why you are defiled in this manner, because you have been defiled and we must say so clearly. Does somebody imagine that because you are not a legal professional, you do not know how to read laws? Did your counterpart imagine that simply because you are not a lawyer, you cannot make a determination under Article 123? We must ask ourselves those questions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in defending your position under Article 123, we are not only defending your seat but also our own position as the Senators of this Republic so that then, precedent can be set. We have confidence that the finding that was made on the Division of Revenue Bill by the Supreme Court would apply equally to the Acts of Parliament passed by the National Assembly without your concurrence to the appropriate jurisdiction of the Senate and the National Assembly in so far as county legislatures are concerned because the chairmen of legal affairs committees of county assemblies came to us last week and they told the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights that their work has been paralysed by the courts of this Republic. They said, as their big brother, the ball is in our court. Finally, when history is written, as it was said by one famous man, the buck will stop at the door of this Senate. I want to be one of those people who is prepared to wear a robe, wear my wig, use the resources of my law firm and legal assistance and shut it down to fight for this Senate. The threat that they used last time, that they were going to surcharge us for fighting for our space, we must fight back in whatever terms possible. The time for being diplomatic is gone. The time for fighting with velvet gloves is gone. We must punch and punch hard and we must be heard everywhere like it was said in the Githunguri case. Somebody on top of Mt. Kenya should be able to proclaim and say, “There goes the Senate of the Republic of Kenya.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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