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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, because we have a Constitution, I am cognizant of the constitutional requirement in Article 3 of the Constitution which obligates all of us to uphold and defend the Constitution. So, in recognition of that defense, we Jubilee Members as the majority in the Senate decided to obey the Constitution and respect the institution of the Judiciary in its decision that we will have a repeat presidential election. It is in that breadth that I say, indeed, we are at a time that we must demonstrate leadership which we have done. That notwithstanding, as it has been said, this county is not at a standstill. We are in full motion, we are in session and so is the National Assembly. Our county assemblies are transacting business. If you go to the counties, you will find the governors are in their offices doing what they are required to do by the Constitution. It is in that light that I would want to say to all and sundry, including minority group Members, that we have an obligation to be true to that definition of a leader. We have an obligation to defend and uphold the Constitution. Part of upholding the constitutional requirement of a leader called, Member of Parliament of the Senate, is to represent the people in this House. That is how we get elected. Therefore, I want to urge all my colleagues from the minority side to come to the House and debate issues that affect people. Let us move this country forward and shun being divided or partisan over small issues that can be dealt with, adjudicated and defined by going to the ballot to decide who will be our leader. On that breadth, I confirm that I am not only a Kiambu Senator, but a Kenyan alongside other Kenyans that I have spoken to and I know what their will is on 17th October, 2017. We are ready and prepared to line up one more time and express our will as we did in exercising our sovereign power to decide who will occupy the position of the President of the Republic of Kenya. It is not lost on me and I have not forgotten as well as many Kenyans, that on the 8th August, 2017 they passed that judgment and our choice has not changed. We are still of the decision that the person we shall elect is still Hon. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta who will be the President of this Republic. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as it has been said by most of my colleagues here, this Senate is a first in many ways. It is a first because we have elected representatives of the female gender of various counties. Let me, alongside my colleagues congratulate them. Earlier on, it was thought that this House would not have women elected as Members of the Senate but they have broken that barrier. I want to say to them: “you are trail blazers” as the Leader of the majority party said, and indeed, this should be an indication to the rest of us in this House as women, that in the next Senate we should have more of you. We also have young people in this House as it was said by the President in his speech yesterday. I am reminded that in the last session, we were popularly defined as"
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