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    "id": 865869,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Motion. It has been a rough year, Senate wise. When I came to this Senate sometime last year and got sworn in, I was sure that this Senate would have the teeth to bite and that it would follow up on what it has passed and make sure that it is implemented. Regarding the Bills, Motions and the work that the Senate has carried out through the committees, we can say that the Senate has done its part. However, we seem to have so many roadblocks outside and beyond the Senate. I am not here to complain and whine about it in that sense but I want to say that when we come back in February, I am ready to make this Senate to stand up and be what it is supposed to be as per the Constitution and what the people of Kenya expect it to be. We have heard a lot from Members of another House who have talked as though they have not read the Constitution. I am sure that most of them just talk without reading it. They have demeaned the Senate and seem to believe that they are superior to the Senate. Without bringing in the childish sibling rivalry that we see or that they want to bring into the issue, I want to state here that we are here by right and by the fact that we are in the Constitution. No matter how many times they shout in their public barazas, funerals or even on the Floor of their House, there is nothing they can do to abolish or do away with the Senate. We are here to stay. It is only the people of Kenya who can vote us out or abolish this Senate and I am sure that they are not about to do that. There are many issues that we have dealt with through the session and one of my major issues, as Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has mentioned, was the Solai issue which happened in May. I want to say a big thank to this Senate for it stood up to be counted when it was critical and important. However, as Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has said, we have also been disappointed when we saw bodies that are mandated to enforce or implement what comes out of this House decide to do nothing and let the people of Solai continue to suffer. Sometimes last week, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and I met representatives of the victims and it was sad and horrible to hear of the suffering that they are still going through. Unfortunately, there are leaders from another part of the country, that was not affected by that tragedy, who say that it is time to move on. It is not time to move on when they have nowhere to sleep. It is not time to move on when they have no food; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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