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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to say something in support of this amendment Bill moved by my friend, Sen. Murungi, the “king of Meru.” This is a requirement. In fact, we should not be discussing it so much like we are suffering a lot from the problems which we have caused ourselves. This is an omission which was made during the time when the Constitution drafting was being done at Naivasha. I am sure those people who were there, would have seen that there was need to have a clear way of defining who is and who was to be a Senator. This Bill is coming at a time when the two Houses seem not to understand each other, particularly so on the roles of the Senator. These are the roles which should have been defined very well in the Constitution. But for reasons not known to us, they were not put in the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the PSC is the key. This is the most senior Commission. It is a constitutional commission amongst nine commissions enshrined in the Constitution. We have a lot of respect for it. It takes care of everything parliamentary. In this case, let me thank my former Provincial and District Commissioner, Sen. Musila who has been very serious at that PSC. Most of the time, he has been here and he is not like other Senators who come and disappear. We have known him as somebody who can take our complaints to the PSC because he has been here. He knows, he hears and even gets to know the feelings of most Senators. He is not a stranger in this House. He knows and gets to know what we are saying. I am sure that after this; he will tell other Commissioners our feelings. The feelings of this Senate are that we all went to a battle. This is the battle that culminated into campaigns and elections were held. Those who won were elected. To the amazement of most of those who were waiting for us to lose we won. We would have contested for various seats; either as Members of County Assembly (MCAs) or Members of National Assembly. However, we decided to contest for Senate seat because some of us had already served in the National Assembly. We would have contested to become Members of National Assembly if we knew how the Senate would be treated so that we enjoy what those Members enjoy. We would also have become governors, but we did not know much of what was entailed in the governorship. We thought that since a governor compared to a Senator in America, the Senator is more powerful. Some of us went for the Senate seat because we were 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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