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    "content": "National Assembly or the women representatives. However, the women representatives walk more straight than the Senators because they enjoy funds and an office which we do not afford. Why create such a paradox? This is bad for us. We need to enshrine and come up with a proper definition so that we are not seen as a fake House that cannot do much which allows for age to catch up with those who are here. In that case, the Bill has captured the spirit. The spirit recognises the Senator per se. The Bill also recognises the law that talks about the Senator which was not put across in the Naivasha Accord. The Bill also captures the present mood which is that the Senate is just there. The moment we have facilitation to Senators, we will behave as people who matter. We will be seen as people who also matter. Imagine when you go to a county function, there will be a Governor who comes in with the “first lady.” There you are without a lady because you do not want to be embarrassed. You are then introduced to a lady and are told; “this is the first lady of the county, greet her.” You then start wondering what is happening. We need to know who should have the “first lady.” Is it the Senator or the Governor? If the Senator is the one who should provide the oversight to the Governor, he should also provide the oversight of who should be the first lady. That is what this amendment is talking about. We are here to say that we support this amendment. The moment we support it, we will be more effective in our duties. We will appear as people who know what they are doing in the counties. We will create oversight the way it is spelt out in the Bill. We will also move from one constituency to another. We should sit in a sub county office for hours as we scrutinize these books. However, the people at the county have been employed by the Governor. There are many County Executive Committee (CEC) members in counties. We also need to have the offices in the sub county which have a fully fledged team to look into constituency affairs. If we have four constituencies or more, we should have fully fledged office. We also need an efficient transport system provided for to the Senator so that if there is fire in one constituency, he is arrives there, before the Governor. That is a politician; the person who was elected to ensure that the county is running and is accountable for all problems. If we are not providing the funds to facilitate him as a Senator, how is he expected to go to the different sub counties and attend functions same as the Governor? It is him who is supposed to oversight the expenditure of the funds that are already released by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) through the Senate. It defeats common sense of becoming the overseer, yet you have no facilities to do so. The facilities require money and that is the reason this amendment Bill is important. It is coming at the right time. For that matter, it is paramount that we have to pass it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other day when we travelled to Kisumu, I saw Governors travelling in first class and yet there I was at the back of the plane. The only assurance I told them that we were going to arrive at the same time at the Kisumu International Airport. However, they were ahead of me and they disembark before the rest of us in the economy class. So, by the time I disembarked, they had already been taken by their flashy cars to the hotels. Leaving the Senator behind who is supposed to oversight to them. 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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