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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a very good student of English, but let me put that aside. I want to say the next three things and sit down. First, I encourage the Committee of Sen. Wako and his team, and if you will find it necessary to add on the Committee on Information, Communication and Technology, to live to the billing of the expectations of the people of Kenya---. They should go and proceed without any blinkers of ethnicity, partisanship or, in any way possible, to derail the avenue to a peaceful election. Secondly, I want to urge the Committee or Committees that will be committed to this matter, to give an opportunity to those who have raised concern to appear before them and voice those concerns. These are people such as the business community, the bishops, the trade unions, the law society, civil society and any other person of goodwill, including people like Okiya Omtatah and others. I also encourage Sen. Orengo and Sen. Murungi to appear before this Committee with the proceedings of their Committee. I encourage the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to also appear before this Committee because we have been getting mixed signals from them. They have said: “We presented, we did not present, what we presented is not what we are seeing, what we are seeing is not what we presented.” All these things must be brought to clarity. Thirdly, I want to encourage these Committees to take a patriotic approach to this matter. They should not go to the Committee and say: “We are the majority and, therefore, maliza haraka tupige kura twende .” The moment they go that direction, then the job we are giving them will be ‘ kazi bure .’ We want you to bring a product to this House that when we look at it, we will be ready to own it and appreciate that they did not go there because they come from a certain mountain, valley or whatever. Lastly, I want to thank every Senator here present - the loud, the quiet, the meek and the opposite - for coming to live to the expectation of the country that this is a House of reference, reason, record and above all, this is the ‘Upper’ House that can bring sobriety, sanity and give direction to the country. 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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