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    "content": "Therefore, I was not in any way trivializing the issue. I was saying that it is failure on the part of the Government of the Republic of Kenya to deport a criminal instead of prosecuting him when we have enough laws to do so. Cancelling his visa is not enough. There is a Kenyan in Tanzania, a Mr. Osoro whom we have been crying for, that has been languishing in jail for the last six years. How many of our children and girls lured by Nigerians are languishing in jails in China, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia? They do not deport them to Kenya. They try and jail them there, which we should have done for Kofi Olomide. For my sisters who were worried that I was trivializing the issue, I would be the last to do so. I condemned it on social media, in public addresses and interviews, that what this man did was very uncivil, cruel and unacceptable. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to believe that this is not just Sen. Sijeny’s Bill, but it comes from various groups. As Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale said, this Bill should not be used to entrench our positions. However, it should be used for the good of the women of Kenya. Clause 4(b) says:- Inserting the following new Clauses immediately after Clause (1)- (1A) a person elected under Clause (1) for a seat in Parliament or a county assembly shall be eligible for re-election under Clause (1) for two further terms only. Madam Temporary Speaker, I cannot accept this. It means that you are nominated like our distinguished ladies are. I salute the only nominated lady from my party, Sen. Nabwala, who is aggressively fighting for an electoral seat in her county, because she knows that she has to give way for somebody else to be nominated. Having been given capacity for five years, she feels she has enough capacity and I have seen how ferociously she can campaign to face men, fight with them and be elected. This is what I expect of all our ladies, including you, to do. I salute you. I have seen you ferociously campaigning in Nairobi. This is because you appreciate that you were not nominated to build your capacity since you had served a full term as an elected Member and now you are going back to look for an electoral seat. I urge my brother, the Senate Majority Leader to support affirmative action. However, we must have affirmative action as a revolving door, where you enter and leave after your term. Somebody else enters and leaves at the end of their term. We must give opportunities to as many of our womenfolk as we possibly we can. Madam Temporary Speaker, I cannot accept it if we say that when you are nominated to this House you are entitled to two other nominations. I will convince this House that we must open doors far and wide for as many Kenyan women as possible. Clause 4(b) 1(b) says:- “Despite Clause (1A), a person elected under Clause (1) for a seat in Parliament or a county assembly in the first general election held under this constitution shall be eligible for election under Clause (1) for two further terms”. I have not looked at the Constitution properly. Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki you could help us on this. In the old Constitution, a constitutional Bill was passed or rejected as it was, without amendments. I do not know if the new Constitution and our Standing Orders say something about this. 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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