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    "content": "Yesterday, I was at the funeral of our late colleague, Sen. Okello. Sen. Mwaura was speaking so boldly in Nyanza. I was told that Migori County is like the Afghanistan of the National Super Alliance (NASA), but Sen. Mwaura spoke boldly. Sen. Kang’ata spoke also boldly about debts that are owed to somebody he mentioned whom I will not mention here. What is the purpose? The purpose is that if the current Deputy President who wants to be President loses the presidential election in 2022 – he must anticipate he can lose because it is an election – then we want him to live like a former Deputy President. He has a big office in Karen in some very nice building paid by State coffers where he meets my good friend, Sen. Cherargei and others who are invited there. I have not been invited yet. However, if he can have an office like that; a residence where he can work in peace, when he retires he should be treated as such. From my own reading, I do not think Kenyans would starve if the former Vice President, Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, was given three drivers, one personal assistant, one accountant, two secretaries, two housekeepers, two senior support staff, two gardeners, two cooks and two cleaners. I say so because we are paying Kshs1 billion a month to the Chinese for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). That train is a disaster because we will pay a debt for a long time. I do not think we will pay Kshs1 million a month to have these sort of people that I have mentioned here. Madam Temporary Speaker, you are the only one seated here who has been a Minister in the higher education docket, and you did well. To some extent, they should treat you well. When the former Attorney-General, Sen. Amos Wako, who sits here, left office he negotiated to be in office for a year during the transition, have a police driver who he has to date and a top of the range Range Rover. He was the Attorney-General. Why not a President and a Prime Minister? Why do we discriminate? If a Speaker can be given an opportunity under this Act, I think it is not bad enough. I say so because I could also be a President or Deputy President, in 2047 or so. I would like to be treated well. 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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