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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Waqo",
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for allowing me to stand and add my voice to this very important Report. As I begin, I congratulate the Committee whose names of Members have been well captured in the Report. I congratulate especially the Chair who has portrayed very good leadership skills and has also shown that he is a bold leader. Many times when people are faced with challenges like that, they give up. The cowards always run away but I congratulate our brother because we are proud of what he has done. I was not here when he tabled the Report but I was following and I prayed for him. This Senate is proud of the Committee and we pray that many more will come up and be like his Committee. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have heard so many stories about Parliament and how we can be compromised. I have not come across any of that in my experience for the few months I have been here. People say many things about us, leaders. As I prepare myself to give my comments on this, the saddest bit is when leaders are compromised and give a different story from the truth when we know that lives have been lost. There are those of us who have been touched by national disasters, or a tragedy in life. Therefore, anything like this; touches our lives and moves us completely. My request and prayer to people holding positions in this country and have no feelings for Kenyans, is to try and understand what it means to lose a loved one in such a circumstance. Look at yourself as a human being because your time will come. I am saying this because some have pretended to be very ignorant and have refused to have special feelings for others. In one of John Stott’s books, he said that the world is suffering because we are lacking the listening ear. We are not providing the listening ear to our people. We are here to represent the interests of Kenyans. When discussing such a serious matter and you feel your colleagues are not supporting you, then it is time we, as Kenyans, asked ourselves what we are up to. The tragedy that happened is unfortunate. We lost many lives; women and children. The orphans and widows do not know how to begin their lives again. Therefore, we should all be concerned. The problem with us is that we forget so easily. In 2006, when there was a plane crash in Marsabit involving senior Government officers, I was at home and I got confused. After that, I asked myself; is this country the 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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