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    "content": "11. Sen. Henry ole Ndiema 12. Sen. Janet Ong’era 13. Sen. Kimani Wamatangi 14. Sen. (Dr.) Bonny Khalwale 15. Sen. Sen. Christopher Obure to consider the Parliamentary Service (Senate Monitoring and Evaluation) (Procedure for Management of Funds) Regulations, 2016 and to report back within 21 days. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, last week, we got some unpleasant Communication to this House, which had annulled the regulations on the Senate oversight funds. The regulations were extensively developed after a lot of work and effort by the Senate Committee on Delegated Legislation and the special Committee that had been set up under the Chairmanship of Sen. Murungi. Once the Communication was made, Members expressed themselves and in that context, the Speaker’s Kamukunji is scheduled for tomorrow, at 11.00 a.m. I urge Members to attend so that we can take this matter forward and address it once and for all. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for a long time this House has been taken for granted. The fact that we are more mature politicians has been abused by various people and institutions. They think that we can sit here and entertain subversive behaviour that is threatening the order that has been established in our Constitution and law. As I said last week, as the Senate Majority Leader, my focus and resolve remains unequivocal, focussed and undivided. This time round, we shall get a solution on this matter. This solution will outlive this Senate and assist in the entrenchment of devolution and in the creation of an enabling environment and space for the Senate of this country to function. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to thank other Members who had an occasion to comment on that Communication. My feeling is that politics will not divide us, as much the political arena is highly charged. This matter is purely institutional, and I can count on the commitment of each and every colleague, both in the Government and the Opposition sides. Allow me to say two other things because this is a purely procedural Motion, before I ask the Senate Minority Leader to second. First, I have full faith in the membership that has been proposed. Even in the amended form, each one of us has been a vanguard and foot soldier in the fight towards securing the dignity of our House. Therefore, I urge those who have been fortunate to be nominated to put their best feet forward and help us to resolve this matter. The Senate Minority Leader and I will provide the necessary political support to making sure that the House speaks in one voice. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, at the expense of repeating myself, I apologise to the House because our consultation should have happened earlier on. It was not intentional. I appreciate the indulgence of the Chair, the Senate Minority Leader and the House as we amended this Motion, so that we can pass it and have the Committee in place as soon as possible. We should adjourn on Thursday for the December Recess after we have put in place a mechanism that will ensure that by the time we resume, we would have resolved this matter once and for all. I have faith in this Committee and the Senate of the Republic 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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