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    "content": "our people together. My message to the elected leaders on matters of security is that whereas the Government can come with guns, there is no greater solution to matters of insecurity than the personal relationship between neighbours. Following Jesus’s principle a Samaritan and Jew can sit and live together as neighbours. That person who was a Samaritan was able to assist somebody whom he did not even know. It is important that Senators are facilitated. Today, if they wanted to apply for some resources to be facilitated to go to the troubled region, they will be told by the Parliamentary Service Commission that it is not possible. But if we had a Committee that is proposed here, that looks at matters and welfare of the Senate, that Committee would understand the uniqueness of a Senator operating in a space as large as Turkana, West Pokot, Baringo and Samburu. There is a role that this House can play. Most of the Senators, if not all, are persons of experience, who have gone through various stages of management in this country, for example, Sen. Musila, who served in the provincial administration and Sen. Obure, who is a former Cabinet Minister. The nation must take advantage of the Senators of this House. Gone are the days when we always talked about the supremacy between the National Assembly and the Senate. In fact, I dare say that there are no better qualified public servants in the political leadership in this country than the Senators. The governors would have benefited a lot if they were taking advantage of the Senators. The Governor of Kakamega would have benefited a lot if he sat with the former Assistant Minister for East African Community and Chairman of the Public Accounts and Investments Committee, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, who is also mtetezi wa wanyonge. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the Governor of Murang’a was willing to sit down with an Ambassador like you, who formerly served in a very strategic embassy where we were discussing matters of trade in APC and EU countries and Parliament, he would benefit a lot. So, the mentality, thought and imagination that Senators just exist for the sake of it--- There are things that are written in Article 96 about what we can do, but there are also certain advantages that come with counties and the national Government taking advantage of the experience of leaders. I just mentioned the Senators on the other side, but there are many others like Mwalimu Karaba, who was the President of Principals in all of Africa. If the education sector could take advantage of him, we would go far. We also have Prof. Lesan here, a Medical Professor. The Governor of Bomet, whose experience also is in matters of politics, would benefit a lot from the experience of a doctor like Sen. Lesan. Therefore, this House needs to be facilitated and strengthened. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want our brothers in the National Assembly to learn than today they are in the National Assembly and tomorrow they will be in the Senate. Tomorrow they will be Governors and some of them could be elected to be speakers of county assemblies. I am not a prophet but after the 2017 General Elections most Members of Parliament who will have lost will be busy looking for jobs in the counties. Some of them will be speakers and county executive committee members in the counties. Some will come to the Senate to look for consultancy to assist the Senators. Therefore, they must not look at this so-called supremacy battle as a permanent fight. They must look at it from the perspective that we want to strengthen the institution of the Senate and 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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