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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Madam Temporary Speaker, the Senate Minority Leader exudes a huge duality. On one hand, he makes very useful contributions, fairly intellectual input but at the same time, he waters down all he has done by making strange and unnecessary remarks. For instance, the remarks he has made about my colleague hon. Aden Duale and others. Having said that, allow me to thank colleagues who have contributed in support of this Bill. We have all agreed that we need some form of order. In Kenya we have not cultivated a culture of respect. So, we need to legislate so that overtime, in another 100 or 200 years, we will not be dealing with this kind of legislation. I agree that the Chief of the Defence Forces (CDF) is a fairly senior person. That is an area that we need to consider. I also agree with my brother, the Senate Minority Leader, about the former Vice Presidents being recognised and given some stature and security. I do not even mind them flying flags. They are leaders in their own right. They have served this country. There is the issue of national honours which we passed last year, 2015. Nothing prevents us from bringing amendments to recognise very important cadres of leadership that have been brought up by my brother, the Senate Minority Leader; the county assembly speakers who have been forgotten. They need some kind of honour to be conferred by virtue of leading at that level. There are two arms of Government in counties; the executive and the legislature. So, I support a view that they should be honoured. The leader of the assembly is the speaker. Equally, governors need to be honoured. Let us say with an Elder of Burning Spear (EBS). The senior most among them, the Chair of the Council of Governors (CoG) can be conferred the Elder of the Golden Heart (EGH). That is fair. We have forgotten governors and county speakers. The 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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