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    "content": "Cabinet Secretaries who were alleged to have allowed the importation of contraband sugar. That said, in terms of this law, we have factored in, as the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, various recommendations made by the stakeholders. When I talk of deputy governors, Machakos County comes into my mind. When the Deputy Governor of Machakos County was saved by the Senate, he ended up suffering. Could we find a method of protecting our deputy governors just like the deputy speakers? The Deputy speakers of Murang’a, Meru and Lamu counties have been thrown out of office because the court said that there is no provision in the law for a deputy speaker. Sometimes we must speak to this Constitution. There are Articles and aspects of interpretation and we must breathe life into the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the seat you are occupying is by virtue of practice, usage and custom. The positions of the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader are not provided for in the Constitution but they sit here legally by virtue of interpretation. It would be an absurdity to say that you can have majority and minority leaders in the National Assembly but not in the Senate, yet Parliament is recognised under Article 93. This is one of the legislations that we must pass as quickly as possible. I hope it will not end up in the dustbin and the annals of history and the shelves of Parliament. Let it not be said that a Bill by Sen. Cherargei ended up nowhere. With those few, I thank you."
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