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    "content": "that we pass these names, the PSC will expedite the process of budgeting to ensure those resources are provided for. People need to wake up to the reality. Sen. Orengo told me something here, on the Floor of the House just before we went on recess last year. I think we were debating the election laws. He insisted that any law that we were going to pass, we must appreciate that one day it might be us who it can be applied against in either side of the House as parliamentarians. I want our Members in the National Assembly and the Members who are going to be in the PSC, to know that it might actually be them who will be in this House five years down the line. Some of us might be somewhere better than what they think in terms of allocation and transfer of resources. They must not behave like Sen. Outa, Sen. Sakaja, Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud, Sen. Mwaura, and others who, a few months ago, did not really know that they were going to be in this House. They must act as though they will be leaving the National Assembly to come to the Senate. The guiding principle should be to make all constitutional offices in the country to function; whether it is the Senate, the National Assembly, the Judiciary or the Executive. Let us be dispassionate about our political differences. If you do not agree with your Senator, it has nothing to do with the institution of the Senate. If you do not agree with your Governor, it does not have anything to do with the institution of county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is why many politicians sitting in this House were Senators who do not even agree with their governors. They were not even elected in the same political parties with their governors, but they are standing firm in the Senate championing for resources to be devolved. There must be separation of our day to day political differences with individuals and the institution of governance called county government. This is the guiding principle that must guide those who are in the National Assembly. This is so that, tomorrow, when they are here, like Sen. Nyamunga, they will say that they are glad to have supported devolution in the Lower House and they now support the Senate. I was just mentioning names of Senators and Members, among others, who were previously in the National Assembly. That should be the guiding principle. Maybe the next Speaker of the National Assembly would have been a Senator. Who ever knew that the former Governor of Bungoma would now be the Senate Speaker? You have been appointed to perform this function here today because God has given you that opportunity; so you must serve diligently but with the interest of facilitating devolution. I am emphasising on this so that our colleagues in the National Assembly can free themselves from this idea that it is all about the National Assembly versus the Senate; no, it is about institutional capacity. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on staff welfare, it is time the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) sits down and ensures that all the staff are taken care of. There are those who have never been promoted for almost ten years, while there are others who have served for only three years and they have been promoted. We must free the PSC from the day to day political behaviours of a normal politician where one just goes to look after people from their community, party or region and facilitates their welfare. The The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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