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    "content": "you must have all the facts because he is either your boss or voter. In fact, he would want to see fairness being practiced in this House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Parliament was recently referred to as “rogue” by the press. It was broadcast to the whole world and I think the public supported this idea. I do not know whether we behave in the right manner or not. It is not easy for you to see yourself when playing football. However, people look at you and see where you are going wrong. No one from these two Chambers will fight this Bill because it is privileging Members of Parliament (MPs) and gives them powers to the extent that you will not be arrested when you drive from Nairobi to your home. That is very powerful. It is almost like in the past where we used to refer to the President as “the living god” because they would make you rich or poor any time they wanted. If you give all these privileges to an MP without due consideration, we will come to regret although it may not happen to the entire House but to individual MPs. If we know the reason why we were elected and how we are expected to conduct ourselves, this law will not serve any purpose. We know it but we do not want to practice what we are supposed to do until a law is introduced in this House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think even the staff of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) should be protected in this Bill. It is equally very important because the same MPs that we are protecting are the ones who can harass and demand for information that they should not have from committees. There is need for a very serious sacrifice on our part to show the country that even if we have all these privileges, we can conduct ourselves with decorum and we know why we are here. A lot has been said and when I went through the Bill, it is just the same as the one we have amended several times before in the National Assembly because it is never satisfactory. This one is new because it is related to the new Constitution which gives MPs a lot of mandate. I want to warn my colleagues not to be sure that the public is on our side when we talk and engage in blame games because they are independent. They will only support you when you are out there but it is easy for them to say no to you. No matter how much you talk and condemn Sen. M. Kajwang, you may blame Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki for not working hard and think that you have poisoned the people of Tharaka-Nithi County against him but they may not understand what you are talking about. They want to see what an MP has done and is doing for them. That is a major thing. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to be extremely careful when we try to engage in press-ups in public and walking with demonstrators in town in order to be seen and photographed. I do not know why MPs do not learn the many lessons that are there to be learnt. It is the only profession that you cannot find one person trying to copy the other one. It is the most complicated scientific profession because you are dealing with human beings. Today, they are facing this side and tomorrow they are facing the other side. You have to work very hard to understand those manipulations. I do not know why when someone is elected a Member of Parliament, they tend to think that everybody else does not have the knowledge you have and that is why you are 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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