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"content": "we may have forgotten Sen. Godliver Omondi who decided to vie for the position of Member of County Assembly (MCA). She is now serving as a Member of Kakamega County Assembly. This speaks to all of us, as leaders, that it is not so much about the positions, but the willingness to serve and the desire to do good for our people. Finally, I look forward to when we shall legislate and determine the place of this great animal called “the doctrine of the separation of powers.” Yesterday, it was unfortunate to see the Judiciary staying away from the official opening of Parliament. Many things clouded my mind because even we, as Senators, have our own quarrels to pick with the Judiciary. For example, the ruling in the case of Governor Oparanya of Kakamega County who defied summons by this Senate has made some governors not take this House seriously. With that ruling, no governor will ever show up in the Senate. Those are things that we look forward to discussing in this House. How can we be expected to perform in this House if the people that we are supposed to oversight keep away from us? If governors themselves are enjoying the fruits of devolution, then they must be ready to account and explain how they are spending billions of shillings allocated to them by us through the Division of Revenue Bill. I wish the country well as we go to the second round of election. I know it will be quite intense. I look forward to continue sitting on this side of the House. I have seen in the social media that our colleagues from the other side have been instructed, so to speak, by their party leadership not to show up in this House. However, I congratulate my friend Sen. M. Kajwang’ who is always a sane man for deciding to follow through with his own mind and not allow his party leaders to think for him."
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