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    "content": "I promise that I will serve you diligently. We as, Senators, need to demystify the role of the Senate. As the Deputy Minority Leader, I will be enthusiastic to ensure that we protect the dignity of this House. I will start an initiative of us mentoring the county assemblies. I have been in the county assembly for the last five years. I believe that if this House takes the role of mentoring county assemblies across the country, we shall go a long way in ensuring devolution is achieved as envisioned in the 2010 promulgated Constitution. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would even suggest that we start having our sittings in the county assemblies so that we interact with the Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) and exchange experiences and ideas. I believe that this is the “upper” House. This was evident when His Excellency the President, Uhuru Kenyatta decided to hand over the original copy of his Speech to the Speaker of the Senate and gave a photocopy to the Speaker of the National Assembly. This in itself was a sign that the Senate is the “upper” House. This House has got very brilliant ideas. I have sat here for the last six months and seen great minds exchanging great ideas. This has been attributed to the fact that our Standing Orders and the procedures of transacting business in this House begin with a prayer. However, we have a problem in implementing the resolutions of this House. We have very good ideas but the implementation is wanting. Maybe this can be attributed to us not praying at the end of the sitting. I will suggest that we can do an amendment to the Standing Orders to have a prayer at the end. This is so that whatever we have discussed can be placed before the Lord so that they can be implemented. I think just leaving without a prayer is the reason why the resolutions of this House cannot be implemented. On the Presidential Address, first, as a young person I was touched not by the literature that the President read on that day but by the gesture of being remorseful and apologetic to this nation. That touched me. Therefore, I support the handshake fully because we are alive to the fact that we are just from a very violent post-electioneering period. We lost lives and property. This handshake came in handy. It came in at the correct time to ensure that we heal the wounds created during the post-election season. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we make peace, let us not forget the people who lost their lives during the electioneering year. I would suggest to this House that we consider compensating the people who lost their lives and those who were injured during the post-election violence so that as we heal, we heal once and for all. If we forget that fact, that, we had youth and women who suffered during the post-election violence then 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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