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    "content": "I know the Senate Majority Leader is the son of a pastor but he is wrong on that one and I will give him the Bible verse in a short while. Let us also develop a culture, through the Liaison Committee, of how to take matters in the public domain. This House has the flexibility that the other House does not have because of its numbers. This House has 67 Senators but the other House has 349 Members and so it is not as flexible. This House has the best level of staff in the Parliamentary Service Commission. I can say that with authority because I have been in both Houses. The attention and value from our staff in the Senate is different. A committee in the National Assembly has 29 Members but a committee in the Senate has nine Members. Can we take advantage of the human resource that we have in the Senate to raise the gold standard of representation? As it is today, when Kenyans out there have an issue or petition, the first House they want to bring it to is the Senate because we have distinguished ourselves as a House of integrity and quality. In fact, the other day a Cabinet Secretary told me that when they are summoned by the National Assembly, they go there or send somebody and do not have to prepare much. However, when they are summoned by the Senate – I think part of it is thanks to Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and the Solai famous five; Sen. M. Kajwang' and the Ruaraka team and the other Committees – they shake in their boots. This is because they know that in this House there is true integrity and fidelity to our calling and there is quality. Senate Majority Leader, please, work together with all the Committees and not just the Committee on Health, so that we can serve the people of this country better. I still oppose the taking away of Sen. Outa from my Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations or burdening him with more responsibilities. Thank you."
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