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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, last time when I stood on this Floor, and in accordance with this Motion, it was quite clear that it derives its spirit and mandate from Article 59(4) of our Constitution. We should put in place a legislation that establishes such offices in one, two, three or four places. The Office of the Ombudsman is only available in some of the four regional centres. The main or national one is in Nairobi. We need to appreciate that when Article 10 of our Constitution, the National Values and Principles of Governance was settled, it had key issues. It was an issue of governance. Every officer whether it is a governor, President, Principal Secretary, Cabinet Secretary or another state officer has to comply with the interpretation of this Constitution. One of the fundamental issues that Article 10(2) provides is the National Values and Principles of Governance, which among others, include patriotism, national unity, sharing and devolution of power. The other section of it talks about human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness, equality and human rights. Then (c) talks about governance and sustainable development. Article 47 of our Constitution talks about fair administrative action. It gives full effect to Article 232 of our Constitution where what is expected is high standards of professional ethics, efficiency, effectiveness, economic use of our resources, involvement of the people in the process of policy making, accountability for administrative acts and equal opportunities for everybody to participate. When these fundamentals of life which deal with the normal general conduct of our business in society are ignored, misused or misapplied, it is the right of every citizen to stand up and voice dissent on these issues. Where do they run to? If they go through the process of litigation, they encounter many problems, for instance, a missing file, the motion has not been properly put before the court and high legal expenses. Therefore, for example, the ordinary poor young person, an elderly person in a village who has a burning issue, somebody who is offended where his or her right or existence in a given area or a boundary has been overshot by somebody with impunity coming with the high and mighty of dealing with these individuals getting rid of them; at that level, you need a voice somewhere which will stand for the rights and privileges of this person. This will allow us to effect the full values as enumerated in Article 10 of our Constitution. This will give full effect as elaborated in Article 232 of our Constitution 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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