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    "content": "I am talking of individuals of high integrity. They should be approved to serve as commissioners in the PSC. I support them because they will serve the welfare of the Members of this House and the National Assembly. The Senate has been disadvantaged. The Constitution gives us oversight responsibilities, but mileage given out is calculated up to the home of the Senator. How does a Senator go around the whole county? Therefore, those who will be approved as commissioners must mind the plight of the Senators in this House. They must know they are going to work on behalf of the Senate for the benefit of the Senators. I wish they would serve for half a term and seek re-election. This is because if they do not serve us well, we get them out of the PSC. A Senator is the most disadvantaged person in politics. A Member of the County Assembly (MCA) has some money to do his work. County Each Woman Representatives has Kshs7 million per constituency per year to do her work. The Members of the National Assembly have over Kshs100 million per year to do their work whereas a Senator has nothing; no money at all. One of our duties is representation of the populace. However, we have a lot of problems serving them. The populace challenges us that a Member of the National Assembly can give them bursaries while we cannot give them the same? You become so embarrassed. The only thing that a Senator will get is his salary. Hon. Senators receive funds to sustain themselves in their duties as spelt out by the Constitution. The former Senators in the PSC in the last Parliament did not serve Senators who were there then. That is why we have this problem. These individuals proposed here should take their work seriously because they will be commissioners to us Senators and Members of the National Assembly. They must take into consideration the welfare of the Senators. They should be able to talk on their behalf the same way we talk on behalf of our electorate who elected us to this House. When you talk of the office of the Senator I see a different issue. I see a Senator who should have serious professionals in his county like an engineer with his staff in that office to oversee construction works going on in the county. He should have an accountant who will be able to get details of expenditure from the county government offices by devising his own ways of getting those figures so that he can prepare the Senator to debate effectively in this House. We need to see an economist in that office who will be able to foresee the projects in the county. We should deal with this issue of the Senators’ office in terms of: What should be in the office? Which professionals should serve there? What are they supposed to do? How are they supposed to prepare the Senator so that when he comes to this House, he is able to debate the events in the county competently? 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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