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    "speaker_name": "December 16, 2015 SENATEDEBATES 9 Sen. Hassan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of us are better off they even received text messages last evening. I received none. In fact, I learnt of this special meeting through a text message from our own Chief Whip, asking for a totally different course of action. If you also look at the way the numbers have been constituted today, it demonstrates bad faith. One side is totally prepared. Contrary to what Sen. Murkomen has said; one side is literally totally disenfranchised. For your information, Sen. Murkomen,Sen. Mbuvi and Sen. Bule actually seat on that side. I think it is just that, that side is so full today that they had to find extra sitting on this other side. I think that demonstrates the preparedness in terms of ambush. Article 10 of the Constitution on national values and principles talks about good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability as principles and values of national leadership. Once you try to ambush one side on the basis that there is a certain need for the Jubilee Coalition to demonstrate victory after a choreography of meetings for whatever reason or sake and then using this Senate is what Sen. Orengo said is about lowering the state of this House. This is what is called a presidential system – a total disconnect. It totally radicalises and changes the architecture of our new Constitution, that this House must play oversight rather than a rubberstamp to the Executive. While here today, we know that all these matters that we want to prosecute have obvious constitutional issues that we have raised, demonstrates even that lack of national values to protect this Constitution and to usher Kenyans in a December holiday that the Office of the Auditor-General (AG) which I think was the whistle blower at both national and county government levels in terms of the corruption and wastage to weaken and transfer some of its functions to other agencies so that you can have manipulative control over those agencies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, even some of these things that we are doing might meet the same fate. They might not even meet the scrutiny of the courts. Kenyans these days rush to the courts to stop everything. I can tell you, meet today, try to prosecute this matter and it will be stopped at its heels. So, let us work on this matter thoroughly in a bipartisan manner and arrive at a consensus. After all, some of the areas of contention for the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) are one or two fundamentals that protect and preserve this Constitution and we will be home and dry. This Senate has always operated in that manner. I think our Jubilee colleagues must acknowledge that they were sufficiently mobilised and prepared for this event. For the kind of speed and efficiency that your office demonstrated in this matter, it is definitely a saddening ambush on your own Members. You might want to find it in you that we go home after this ---"
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