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    "content": "bestowed upon me as Senator for Tharaka-Nithi County. My party has added me the responsibility to lead the Government side in this House. Let me say three things in quick succession. One, we have to be gentlemen and honourable people, irrespective of the amount of provocation and juvenile behaviour that we get from other quarters. I insist that we must remain sober because we are leaders in this country and we are not in competition with any other person. We are satisfied with our role and we will articulate it to the best of our ability. However, we cannot play into the trap of people who want to do the things that have brought this country down and put it backward for many years. So, I would detest any indication that we should abandon our sobriety and become hooligans in town. Secondly, with great respect to my friend, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. who is a lawyer like I am, he is misinterpreting and misunderstanding the legislative process in one particular area. This is a House of records. Therefore, it is not true to say this House has passed only six Bills. We must differentiate between a Bill originating from one House or the other. My argument, which is also the position of the law, is that all Bills that have been brought to this House, whether they have been initiated here or in the “lower” House, are Bills of the Parliament of Kenya to which the Senate is part of. So, we cannot say that simply because a Bill originated in the National Assembly, it is a National Assembly Bill."
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