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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kamar): Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity, with great honour, humility and respect to this this House, to sincerely thank my colleague Senators for the overwhelming support, trust and messages of goodwill that they have afforded me this afternoon. Madam Temporary Speaker, having served from the Chair where you are, the unanimous resolve by this Senate to move me forward to be a Deputy Speaker is a very good confirmation that I have served them well. I am very grateful that they have made that affirmation. As a teacher, sometimes you want your students to tell you that you are doing well and you have done them proud. I want to thank the Senators most sincerely for the great support that they have given me. I want to thank all the 21 members who have spoken many positive words. I do not think I will have the time to mention all of them, but I really thank each one of you. I also thank those who did not even have the opportunity to speak, because it has taken a very long time for these statements to continue. I would like to thank my worthy competitors. That is Sen. Mwaura, Sen. Madzayo, Sen. Kibiru and yourself, Madam Temporary Speaker. They all qualified to do the job of overseeing the House as Deputy Speaker. However, they chose, in their own wisdom, to step down in my favour. Any of us in this House can sit in that Chair. The only difference is that I managed to be in the Speaker’s Panel in the Tenth Parliament for two and a half years and for another three years. I guess that is what made the group to favour my candidature to this position. I thank my proposer, Sen. Beth Mugo, who would have loved to be here, but has an engagement today elsewhere. I also thank Sen. (Dr.) Alice Milgo who seconded the proposal for me to be elected today. I also thank Sen. Were who heartily volunteered to be the chief campaigner. However, Senators cut short her campaign mission when they decided to do a consensus building. I thank all of you for that. Madam Temporary Speaker, I express my thanks to my political party, the Jubilee Party, led by His Excellency the President for the trust that they have shown me in supporting my candidature in the party and this House for the position of Deputy Speaker. I know the position is more demanding than when I was in the panel. However, I assure this House that I will do the job diligently and with more commitment now that the job is higher than what I had before. I assure the party that I will also serve well. I thank the party for also fostering parliamentary leadership that embraces an environment of inclusivity, which is represented here through religious, ethnic and gender lines across the whole country. This is what defines our Jubilee Party. I thank my predecessor, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki. Many do not know that we have come a long way with him. I thank him for doing a good job when he was in that position. I will try as much as possible to fit in his shoes. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have known Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki from his young years in life. I served in a panel that appointed him to be a lecturer at Moi University. I also sat in the panel when he was being promoted to a senior lecturer. He became the first 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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