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    "content": "desperation because they know very well that they did not win the elections. They also know very well that even if there is a repeat election, they will not win. I can say this with a lot of confidence because we have done all that juggling with them in the past. For 10 years we were out there trying to organise street demonstrations and such sort of things just to satisfy ourselves. It is sad that today we have responsible leaders who every weekend are out there holding meetings just to excite themselves and nothing else yet they know that that does not profit themselves, the country and nobody. That is extremely sad. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in his speech, the President lauded the women for being elected, something which I support and I have always supported that. Even as we support our women because we must, we have forgotten something else. The reason why we have the likes of Hon. Babu Owino is because we forgot there was a boy-child. As Parliament and all the other leaders, we must focus on the boy-child; otherwise, we will not have peace. Yes; we love our women and encourage their elevation. We even would love to move from one-third rule to 50 per cent but we should not forget that the danger out there is not the woman but the boy-child who has been neglected to our peril. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you walk out there today, you will not see any young ladies matching to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) offices but young men. You will not hear young women – unfortunately we had that in the previous Parliament – misbehaving like Hon. Babu Owino. They are all cultured because we focused on the girl-child, which was good. It is time we refocused as a nation because we have a problem. Unless we admit that we have this problem, we will--- Perhaps even some of the MPs demonstrating in the streets today would be focused on the growth and development of the boy-child. Therefore, I seriously support the speech by the President. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the focus of this new Constitution was devolution. All Kenyans have since noticed that devolution has changed the way we live, never mind that we still have many challenges in our counties. We are here to shape the destiny of our counties and also the behaviour of the people manning the counties. We need to support devolution. In this regard, I want to join my colleagues in thanking you for the wonderful retreat that we had last week. The few days that we spent in Naivasha helped us understand what devolution is all about. We also need to understand our responsibilities as Senators. Therefore, we look forward to our colleagues coming back to this House so that we can move the agenda of this country together. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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