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    "content": "If approved, I am happy to participate in the team. We are ready to work. Truly speaking, the Solai Dam tragedy is the kind of disaster that leaves you feeling that our total underbelly of engineering has gone haywire. This disaster and many others is a symbol of everything gone wrong in this country. We have so many layers of authority. You wonder why these things happen. Last week we were debating the Motion that was brought by Sen. Mwaura. It clearly points to corruption. It is very sad that we have all these authorities and everyone is looking away. Worse still, it is our citizens who have the ability to make this country a better place yet they collude with the authorities to get their way for their own benefit. It is very sad. I do not want to belabour everything that the Senators who spoke before me have spoken extremely passionately; but I hope that this Committee will be accorded all support. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my prayer is that whatever work that this Committee does, it is highlighted, spotlighted and that Kenyans know that Senators will not keep quiet about these things. Kenyans, including our journalists, are fond of sweeping everything under the carpet. They do not talk about these things. Once it has died down, that is it. We want to keep this alive. That this Committee and whatever recommendations it brings, be a case study and be a reference point to how every other disaster should be dealt with in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would love to call for the Senate to spearhead the paradigm shift that this country needs. We speak about corruption, we laugh about it sometimes and we look away, because we feel nothing is going to be done. However, as leaders, we should never keep quiet. We should spearhead this fight against corruption; we should fight for a paradigm shift and we should fight this impunity, which we are clearly seeing in this case. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish that the Senate would open up more communication so that Kenyans can know that we are discussing these things all the time. Many at times, Kenyans do not know or hear enough of what the Senate is doing. In the newspaper, we are always reading about Members of Parliament (MPs) from the National Assembly, and it seems like they are running ahead of us; and I could be wrong. However, we are not being heard of enough and I still feel that we are the champions of some of these items. Being guardians of devolution, our voices need to be heard. I wish that the Senate administration can look for ways in which everything that we discuss, even in Committees, can be highlighted in the daily newspapers. This would be wonderful. This Motion is so important that it would be good if Kenyans knew that this issue has not died and that the Senator for Nakuru is keeping it alive. It would be good if Kenyans knew that we are not going to look away this time round and that this is the time for change. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg that this Committee is supported and accorded all necessary support. I beg to support the Motion. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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