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    "content": "civilised society and individuals to agree to disagree. You do not have to have fimbos in order to disagree on an issue. We have exhibited a united front sometimes and we have disagreed sometimes but that is all, as one would say, a day in politics. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we were bound to have some teething problems. This is the first Senate in modern times. We were bound to experience teething problems and go through a difficult period just like we did. Even governors experienced the same things because they went through a difficult period. The steering towards a bicameral system of government is a challenge. I would like to congratulate the Jubilee administration for having been in power at a time when this process was taking place and I think we have seen serious progress in the Senate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I agree that it is necessary to relook at the Constitution at some point in the future to see what works and what does not work. It is also necessary for us to relook at our Standing Orders. For example, as I said in my contribution yesterday, Standing Order No.146(3) is a challenge because it means that any business that has not been fully considered by both Houses then lapses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I congratulate Senators for their work because it would have meant that all the 24 Bills would have lapsed with this Parliament. That is something we should correct. The Executive should continue irrespective of what happens to the changes in the Executive. I think it is right that the work of Parliament must continue irrespective of whether there is a new Parliament or a new session. Killing these things does not make sense; and one and two in this particular case does not add up to four. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we made progress. All these teething problems that we faced also taught us things. We are better off for the experiences that we went through and we learnt. Shakespeare said that there is a tide in the affairs of men – I would say men and women – which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. That is what we have seen in this House. As a committed Member of this House and Chairman of the Committee on Education and Information and Technology and the Committee on Information and Technology, I want to thank the Members who worked with me in both committees. I also want to congratulate Hon. Karaba, the Senator for Kirinyaga County for steering the Committee on Education in the spirit in which we started off in the beginning. For those of us who have passed the County Early Childhood Education Bill today, that is a plus for us and the country. I will not end without talking about the Kenya electoral process and the possible things that we may face when we want to conduct a referendum. I agree with Sen. Wako though I disagree with him on the timing of the referendum. In the year 2010, we passed a good Constitution. In the year 2020, after a period of ten years, we should revisit that Constitution. We must ask ourselves serious questions in that referendum. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we should ask ourselves whether the electoral process is what is meant for Kenya. Clearly, the nomination process is a farce. Nothing happens in the nomination processes in all the political parties. It is time for us to ask ourselves, regarding the Political Parties Act and the Elections Act, if this is what Kenyans should be put through. More fundamentally, in my considered opinion, having"
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