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    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the matter raised by my colleague, this morning I put it to the journalist who was responsible for this article to provide me with a background that led to this particular news item. The reporter responded that all they got from Infotrak was one question that was put out to potential respondents. That question was: “On a scale of 1 to 10 how do you rate your Senator?” This is more of a popularity assessment than a performance assessment. When you wake up in the morning and see headlines of an expose of who the best Senator is, I am sure that all the Senators this morning bought that newspaper expecting that their names would be top of the list. It is unfortunate that they went ahead and only listed 46 counties when we know that there are 47 counties. Of course, they gave certain reasons why the 47th county, which is Homa Bay was not ranked. However, I can tell you that going by this popularity assessment, probably Homa Bay County could have been at the top of the list. This is because Homa Bay County has just come out of a by-election. It is a wrong approach towards assessing the work that these hon. Senators put in. In the few months that I have been here, I have realized that a proper assessment of the work of Senators must look at a number of things, including contribution in the House, Committees and responsiveness to issues that affect people out there in the counties. I do not begrudge the Senators who were ranked very highly in that particular report, but I think that it is wrong for a responsible media house to use this as a tactic to defuse the tension that has been going on in the country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the few months that I have been here, I have seen that a proper assessment of the work of Senators must look at a number of things, like contribution in the House, in committees, on policy matters and responsiveness to issues that affect people out there in the counties. I do not begrudge the Senators who are ranked very highly in that particular report but I think it is wrong for a responsible media house to use this as a tactic to diffuse the tension that is going on in the country. No amount of headlining and sideshows are going to make Kenyans forget that the 60 days that the President gave for prosecution of corruption cases are almost here and nothing has happened. No amount of sideshows is going to distract us from the fact that the Deputy President of this nation is being accused of a scandal of preposterous proportions which, if we were to go by the same blade that was used to shave--- 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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