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    "content": "them to the National Assembly. Today, there is the issue of food insecurity in the country. If we had passed and implemented the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (Amendment) Bill, we would be talking a different language. At the same time, we hope and believe that the next Senate will have money to oversight the national Government and the county governments. We must appreciate that the Senate is not the only institution that is mandated to safeguard devolution. The National Assembly and all Kenyans should also appreciate devolution. At the end of the day, we are all Members of a particular county. Therefore, we hope that we will not see the notion of ego-fighting in the next Parliament. We hope to see a Parliament where both Houses will sit and have informal meetings to mediate on some of the critical Bills and have a consensus. This way, we will conduct business faster for our country and people. At the same time, we should harmonize the Houses to appreciate that we do not need aggressive competition where people leave one institution for the other. We would rather leave the institution of Parliament to become governors. That way, we shall strengthen this House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are leaving having not seen the finality of most reports. Sine die adjournment means that all the reports are done away with and we will start again. That is not fair because we are using resources we receive from the public. I believe that it is important for us to have a recommendation that will help the country. Therefore, the reports of different committees should come to pass and their recommendations be implemented. As we adjourn, we should appreciate that Parliament has a training institute. Some Senators, perhaps due to ignorance, have not had the privilege to access that institution. The next Parliament should understand the institution and the privileges that are there. It is the role of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) to strengthen departments, staff and the institutions of Members. There should be a report that states that the PSC of the 11th Parliament was able to bring up an awesome building that is almost complete. It should also table the budgets that were passed by Members and the challenges they went through to receive monies. The PSC has never done that. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we cannot be in a House where we do not know our rules and regulations or what is happening to our budgets, yet, we want to oversight other institutions. It is time for Parliament, through the PSC, to start being transparent and accountable in what they do to their Members and staff. God willing, when I join the National Assembly, I will stand a fight on so many battle-fronts. We have very good staff who would wish to see Parliament work in a transparent way. We also want to digitize Parliament to minimize the use of papers. Therefore, I pray to God that we shall have a different 12th Parliament. When we start to clean Kenya of corruption, we shall start with our own institution. Therefore, Kenyans will appreciate our work. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I finalise, I want to thank the people of Dagoretti North Constituency for being very kind and humble. I want to thank everyone who will vote in Dagoretti North Constituency. I know that we will walk a journey to transform Dagoretti North Constituency to be the model of a few constituencies in Nairobi that can change the lives of many Kenyans who are in need."
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