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    "id": 697910,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to say something in support of the report. You will note that those Senators who are here are all Members of the Education Committee. I note with appreciation that they have been here from the beginning and they are here to discuss various reports and that is what our Education Committee is comprised of. I thank them and I believe we are headed to greater heights. I followed the report with a lot of respect and I noted that Kenya is among the 66 countries. Even though there are over 180 in United Nation (UN), this is a beginning which is as a result of concern that there are some governments which must have been oppressive to their citizens, governments which have not been open like the communist bloc and the Eastern bloc which have been shelving information so that the others may not know. There are countries which have been spying on others and those that want to appear to be ahead of the others. There is emergence of the Blocs whose headquarters is in Warsaw, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations in New York. So, there are many concerns around the world. This conference held in Mexico City was trying to come up with solutions of how Kenya and other countries in the world can accommodate each other. This is because when we have emerging democracies, there are some which emerge and appear as if they are dominating over the others. This is what you realize in America, the European Union (EU) where they will not want to include countries such as Turkey for their own reasons. This conference, therefore, was trying to attract and ask countries to tolerate one another and allow some civil societies to be accommodated in the systems of governance. We hail our Senator for attending this meeting, noting that she was the only one from the senate who attended. Out of the six or five it was only Sen. (Dr.) Zani who was listed last. All the others were from the National Assembly. That tells us that here we are not tolerating one another. We must be seen like we are operating and sharing finances equally when it comes to getting knowledge. When we have only Sen. (Dr.) Zani representing us out there, then it appears as if it is the National Assembly which has the dominance and monopoly of knowledge. That disadvantages us and is the reason why we should encourage more Senators to attend such meetings and ask why is it that when it comes to national or international conferences, the Senate is marginalized in allocation of funds. In the end, we will not be participating more to access that kind of knowledge that is supposed to be available to all of us. Let us note that there is something that we should also do as Senate. When there is a joint meeting to be attended, let it be seen like 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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