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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): And corruption as Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale “mtetezi” reminds me and I agree fully. On this issue, I want to say that as we go on recess we should learn the best practices. This is one of the rare occasions that I want to agree with my brother Sen. Wetangula; there are enough best practices, some of them far away like Colombia but some of them very near us like Ethiopia. The excuse cannot be because Kenyan troops are in Somalia that is why we are being attacked. Therefore, the example of Ethiopia remains a case study that we can actually benchmark. I hope our Committee on Security and Social Welfare can benchmark in Ethiopia. This is an area where the Security and Social Welfare Committee either of this House or of the National Assembly can actually benchmark, to see how we can offer solutions rather that blaming each other. Madam Temporary Speaker, on that issue, I also want to echo and support the remarks that have been made by the Senator for Meru County, Sen. Murungi, about the responsibility of our media. On 11th September, 2001, one of the worst cases of terrorism took place in the United States of America (USA). Thousands of people were killed in two simultaneous attacks that took place on that dark day in the history of the world but until today one wonders, why is it that in Kenya – and I am not trying to say this to undermine the need for the public to access information but one should note that until today, we have never been shown the bodies and the corpses of the 3000 Americans that were slain by that terrorist attack. The CNN and all the global media outlets were responsible enough to cover the attacks and convey to the public the information about what has happened without making the community, especially relatives, friends, fellow countrymen and women suffer the orgy of watching their loved ones as they are torn into pieces by the pellets of the bombs of the terrorists. I want to plead with our media that they can achieve the same purpose. They are doing a good job but we should do better as a nation because it helps 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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