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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank the Deputy Minority Leader for bringing up this issue, because it is important that we correct some of the perceptions which are being created in the public. As public leaders, when you decide to take an elective position, of course, you will be open to any manner of scrutiny and criticism. You cannot run away from it. But what we are asking is for the media to be responsible and put facts clearly, so that the public will have a proper understanding of what they are being asked and how they are responding. For example, what we have is a report ranking the Senators based on their popularity. But if you look at it critically, the question which was asked is just one: “How do you rank your Senator on a scale of 1 to 10; 1 being “poorly” and 10 being “best performing?” Then we are told that maybe about 60 people in each county were asked that question. We do not know how the sampling was done and how distributed the 60 people were. We have to understand that this is a research which was done almost independently in each county. The question was put to each county concerning the Senator from that county. All these Senators were elected but, of course, not by everybody in their counties. So, if your supporters in your county constituted 50 per cent of the total registered voters, however fair the sampling was, you will not pass that 50 per cent. So, if it was done per county and the results were given the way they have been given, then it would have made sense; without even considering which question was asked. But what has happened is like having 47 persons sitting for different examinations and then you rank them together. This is because my relationship with the people of Marsabit is not the same as Sen. Bule’s relationship with the people of Tana River. In 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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