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    "content": "I am a believer in this House. The reason why I am coming back to this House is because I believe that we will develop the jurisprudence, the history and what will become the traditions of this House. We will become part and parcel of those who will put the Senate’s role into perspective. Indeed, people out there, take us seriously. They took us seriously when we were sitting in the Committee to deal with the IEBC reform, when we were looking at the issues that we will use in future to amend the Constitution and even in the impeachment of Governor Wambora even though we did not succeed. This tamed the run-away corruption in many counties and it became a warning to many governors who are likely to misuse public resources. I have heard the contributions of many Senators. I can say without any fear of contradiction that all of us are passionate about changing this country. That is why we must also deal with our citizenry. We must ask Kenyans to decide what they want. People are asking, “What have you done that is supposed to directly translate to food in my house?” What have you directly contributed to my pocket? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, people have to make a decision. Leaders are not elected to do things for people. They are elected to lead people to do things for themselves. The taxpayers’ money is used to construct roads and so on. Public servants who are doing that are doing it on behalf of the people. The people are doing it for themselves. So, leadership is there to carry the vision, inspire, motivate and encourage people to do things for themselves. That is why sometimes when they ask me, “What will you say you have done in five years for the people of Elgeyo-Marakwet County? I will tell them that I inspired so many young people to work hard in their education. I inspired so many people to think how they will invest and how they should live in peace. That was my role. Building classrooms or donations by leaders, are not exclusive. They can be done by everybody. In a country like the United States of America (USA), retirees or big businessmen like Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, a young man, has said that he will donate a lot of his resources towards bridging the digital divide all over the world. We must start inculcating in our people through training, public speaking, encouragement and meetings that our role as leaders is not to do things. Our role is to inspire them to do things for themselves and allow them to dream. Former President J.F Kennedy is remembered for Americans going to the moon, but he is not the one who designed the equipment that took people to the moon. He did not sit in the laboratory to work on them. He never travelled to the moon, but he inspired those people to dream and think, focus and invest in science. The country voted in a budget that will invest in science. All these things must encourage us to continue nurturing the role of leaders in inspiring people to do things for themselves and be what they want to be and reach their full potential. Sadly, we have a nation that needs a lot of work from us. Many people are pessimistic about life. All the time you meet people, they say, you know, this country will not be successful next year. We will not have meaningful resources. There is a lot of doubt in this nation. Our role as leaders is to give people hope. Someone said that the leadership and leaders are dealers in hope. It is our responsibility to ensure that people are hopeful and focused on what they need to do and live in peace because we are preaching peace. 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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