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    "content": ", pursuant to the resolution of the Senate during the Sitting held on 21st October, 2015, the Senate approves the appointment of the following Senators to the Select Committee to spearhead the processing of the General Suggestion for the Draft Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2015 through popular initiative in terms of Article 257 of the Constitution- 1. Sen. Murkomen Kipchumba 2. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo John 3. Sen. Chiaba Abu Mohamed 4. Sen. Wangari Martha 5. Sen. Kiraitu Murungi 6. Sen. James Orengo 7. Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale 8. Sen. Hassan Omar 9. Sen. Halima Abdille And that the committee reports back to the Senate within six months. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Motion has been here with us and for the first time the Senate has realized that we have to take a very bold step; bold step in looking into and auditing the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and assess how far we have come in the implementation of the same. We should audit how the devolved government system is working. There are challenges that we have already encountered in this House since we came in 2013. Kenyans had a lot of hope in the Senate as the custodian and the security of devolution. Anybody who has been aggrieved, any county Government which is not working or anybody who has done acts that are not driving the country forward would run to the Senate. That is why we get many petitions. When things are not moving, members of the public petition the Senate. They have hope and high regard that when the Senate steps in, things normalize. As Senators, we came with all the intentions of safeguarding devolution. We wanted to enjoy the fruits of the new devolved governments system where we would see money going directly to our county governments which was very difficult earlier because we had a centralized system. One can attest that some activities are taking place in some counties. People who have seen the fruits of devolution are already enjoying them. There was no Senate prior to the year 2010. The previous Parliament converted itself to work as a Senate. They would sit for a day and look at Article 96 and assign the Senate and the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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