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    "content": "I persuade some of our colleagues that, whereas, generally, certain counties may not appear to be within the cluster of counties that experience drought---. In my own county, Tinderet Constituency is fairly dry. We will need technical advice from this NDMA on how the County Government of Nandi will handle it. That way, we will be able to find initiatives and programmes that are able to address some of these things. Therefore, I know when you go to Bungoma, Kakamega and any other county in this country, you will find one or two sections that are fairly dry. We need to look at this issue in a more holistic manner and move in that direction. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the aspect of corruption in this country is a major issue. One of the challenges is that when people are mentioned in corrupt deals or have presided over corrupt activities, we always insist that due process must be followed. However, it is quite unfortunate that people who have gone through the pains of their names being maligned and published in newspapers and other media forums as having participated or presided over corruption in various offices that they occupied before finding their way to either the National Assembly or the Senate, are the same people who will drag other people’s names in the mud. It is important that if you want to be respected, you must start by respecting others. If you want people to presume you innocent, you should be able to reciprocate. There is a culture in this House of some of the senior Members – I appreciate that all of us are first timers in the Senate, but for those of us who have engaged in public life whether they started from KANU through nomination all the way to the Senate – to look down upon the young Members is unacceptable. We have hon. Senators in this House who have continued to refer to some of us as “young Senators” without making references to themselves as being “aged Senators”, if I have to use those adjectives. Let them call Sen. Sang, young Senator, but also call themselves aged or aging Senators. It is important that we respect ourselves as colleagues in this House. We are able to appreciate that young as we may be, or aged as they may be, the people of their counties saw it fit that in their senility or whatever it is, that they would still be able to serve in this House. In our youth, they saw it fit that we should become ---"
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