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    "content": "an election malpractice in his constituency. At that time, we all celebrated. However, when they make a separate decision, you say ‘‘I do not like it.’’ The Judiciary has made a decision to say that our colleagues, both in Jubilee and CORD were supposed to be in a police cell up to Friday. The same Judiciary released the Senate Minority Leader in this House. So you cannot say that we will storm the police cells because the Judiciary has made certain decisions that are not favoring you. You cannot say that it is wonderful because it is favouring you. That hypocrisy and short memory that is permeating our society must be eliminated and we must ensure that we, as leaders, remain consistent in our society. Secondly, I did not agree with the Chief Justice yesterday when he talked about the tyranny of numbers. The opposite of the tyranny of numbers is dictatorship. Tyranny of numbers is, basically, a definition of democracy; which is clear in that the majority shall have their way while the minority shall have their say. The opposite of following the constitutional provision on tyranny of numbers, which is democracy, says that those who have numbers shall vote and win. After winning, the minority cannot go around throwing stones, teargas and so on. That is the position of democracy in our country. Anything else would mean that we are introducing the Iddi Amin rule to this country. We must start learning and believing that when we are defeated in elections and when defeated in numbers in Parliament--- I have heard conversation out there that mocks this House. That is what Chief Justice Mutunga was talking about; that we, as a Parliament, must protect the role of the institution of Parliament; of making law. I have heard even some colleagues discussing out that they will have a Kamkunji over a cup of tea and bring it to this House and brainlessly, we will come and pass whatever they have decided out. Which parliament is that in the world? Which constitution do these people read? This House is an institution that gives us the opportunity to exercise democracy and use our brains. No one can dictate to this House, including the President of this Republic who is even not a Member of this Parliament. He can only request to be assisted in doing something, and we can decide to refuse. No President, governor, or opposition leader can dictate to this House what it is going to do. That is what Chief Justice Willy Mutunga was saying; that we must guard the institution of Parliament while doing what we must do as an institution; protecting the integrity of the House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Chief Justice talked about protection of county governments. This is another area I do not agree with him. In his speech, he had the confusion that protecting county governments is protecting governors or protecting devolution is protecting governors. That confusion must be banished from our midst. The greatest threat to devolution are those who are presiding over serious pilferage of our resources, the stealing of our money, corruption, buying wheelbarrows with over Kshs100,000 and all kinds of corruption; these are the things that we fighting as a Senate. We, as a House, must be appreciated when we summon governors to come and respond to that kind of malpractice. In any case, we have been misunderstood by many people, as a House. We have been here for less than four years. In those four years, we have managed to protect our jurisdiction and carry out very serious tasks. Remember, initially the whole 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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