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    "id": 617494,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank God for the New Year and for everybody especially you. Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki is a seasoned politician and he has a good reason to make that kind of observation. However, since this is a Motion, he should have brought it as an amendment to the Motion so that we discuss the matter at length. If he so wishes, he should do that so that some of us can support him. Looking at the membership of the Committee, I find it able. If something were not to be kept secret, I would have wished to see the attendance list of this Committee because at times, very few people consider the business of this House. Does every Member who has been nominated to this Committee apart from those that are there because of the virtue of their office according to rules of the Standing Orders, rise to the expectations of the House? That is the question that we have to ask. If it is so, then it is okay but I doubt they are qualified. This Committee has a great duty to plant the face of this House to the country properly with the kind of work that will be tabled on the Floor of this House. The picture of the Senate in the country is disturbing. Let us accept that. Although the Senate Minority Leader says otherwise, the truth is that people out there expect us, amongst other duties, to attend all funerals and be ATMs in the villages, which is not possible as it is not one of the prescribed duties of Senators. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenyans have been brainwashed by the worship of money. Governors manage the kitty that we subscribe in this House for them and so they are seen as working more. Kenyans should know the duties of Senators as prescribed by the Constitution and we should be judged and respected as such. Looking at the media, I am not one of the Senators who have been mentioned as eyeing the governor’s seat - God forbid if someone has mentioned my name. Those Senators who have expressed interest in that seat have a constitutional right to do so and should not be judged that they are looking for money. Despite all that I have said, I beg to support."
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