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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): It is okay, Sen. (Eng.) Maina. Those are important views. They are alternative views and you know nobody has finality in terms of wisdom and knowledge. Wisdom and knowledge is infinite. You have raised two issues. The first one about authority is partly true, but also given the example you have used of the Speaker of the Senate,there are some powers and functions that the Speaker of the Senate cannot exercise unless they are seated officially in the Senate Chamber. There are other powers which the Speaker of the Senate exercises daily either from his office or elsewhere like approving Motions. The Speaker does not need to come here and approve Motions. You will not say that since that Motion was approved by the Speaker from somewhere else, it is not an approval. However, the Speaker also cannot conduct the sitting of the Senate from town. He has to be here or another gazetted place. In fact, when we move out of here, we have to gazette in the Kenya Gazette where that sitting of the Senate will be. Therefore, I agree with you that authority is geographic and locational and has to do with the office. Therefore, borrowing the argument to the issue of governors, I agree that there could be some functions that the governors in question may not be in a position to discharge. That is why I said Justice Mumbi was saying, “A good governor who minds about the people and respects the Constitution should not punish his people because of 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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