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    "content": "Please, feel free to consult with me and my officers at any opportune time. I also extend congratulations to our sister House, the National Assembly, and wish them every success as we begin the national duty of jointly steering our beloved country to greater heights. I cannot forget our governors, county assembly speakers, Members of County Assemblies (MCAs); I wish them all the best. Kenyans from all walks of life deserve a huge pat on the back for demonstrating to the entire world that we have a mature and vibrant democracy following the peaceful general elections. Fellow Senators and dear Kenyans, permit me at this juncture to pay my singular special tribute to my predecessor, the Rt. Hon. David Ekwee Ethuro. He ably presided over the resurrected Senate in perhaps the most difficult times in our country’s history and, indeed, it was the first Senate under the current 2010 Constitution. The first Senate was sailing in unchartered waters. None of the political leadership and Senators had a clear idea what their tasks entailed. They had to learn how to swim by swimming. It was trial and error at first. However, the Speaker and his leadership team, guided by unity of purpose and the will to actualise devolution, initiated work systems, spearheaded a series of retreats, workshops and seminars that rapidly crafted the framework of transacting and administering the Senate. As the political head, he oversaw an efficient system of service delivery by the Senate officers. He served as an executive member of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) and as the President of the Forum of the Parliaments of member states of the International Conference of the Great Lake Region. His handling of chamber proceedings will be hard to emulate. As a renowned American writer and political commentator, Walter Lipmann, wrote, and I quote:"
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