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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Were",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to add my voice and support my colleagues who are contributing to this Bill. I would like to thank the Mover of this Bill, Sen. Abshiro Halake, for bringing it up and doing quite a good job. It is a well researched Bill that seeks to breathe life into Articles 43 and 53 of the Constitution which is a requirement for equality. The Bill is at the core of humanity. The basic values are respecting each other, caring for each other and trying as much as possible to provide a bare minimum towards human dignity. As I was going through this Bill, there was a part that says that sanitation is one of the issues that gives us dignity as human beings. It reminded me of somewhere in my county where there is a signpost in a village that says that this village is open defecation free. Every time I pass that signpost, I keep wondering, whose function it is to provide sanitation to our people. This Bill says that the provision of basic social economic rights is both the role of the national Government and the county government. For us to have, for example, latrines in the village so that we do not have open defecation in our villages, that would be a role that is squarely for the county from this Bill. Therefore, that alone makes this Bill necessary that we do not just have provisions of the Constitution and yet there is no law or way of operationalizing these articles in the Constitution. This Bill also provides a framework for infrastructure to be put in place both at the county and national levels, in order to ensure that basic social and economic rights are met. Human dignity is paramount for everyone. When people have some form of dignity even at the bare minimum, even social crimes or social evils will reduce. We have increased cases of suicide right now and most of them are because our people, especially men are feeling inadequate. They are feeling like they are missing out something. They 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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