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"content": "I think the Serjeant-at-Arms can check that and advise me because I cannot see."
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"content": " I know we both came back from Tashkent where he got a very good outfit. Is this the time to showcase what he got from there? The adequacy, accessibility, and sustainability of social protection intervention are important in ensuring we are not just talking about tokenism in order to feel that we have supported our vulnerable. I want to demonstrate why this Bill is important using an example of what I once saw in my constituency when I was going around the community. There was this lady..."
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"content": " On a point of order."
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"content": "What is your point of order, Hon. Osoro?"
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"content": " Sorry, Hon. Deputy Speaker. It is not my wish to interrupt my learned senior, Hon. Millie. This is unrelated to her submission. I see that Hon. Gisairo is not properly dressed for the Chamber. He is actually in sneakers or sports shoes."
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"content": "Hon. Osoro, I already ruled on that. I have asked the Serjeant- at-Arms to check if he is properly dressed or not and advise me shortly thereafter. He is not within my eye view. Proceed, Hon. Millie."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I had already raised the issue because I know Hon. Clive wants to show that he has come back from Tashkent in Uzbekistan. I was with him. I know he got some really nice outfits. He said that he would be using them, maybe, to welcome Matiang’i. However, the welcome is done. He should dress properly for Parliament."
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"content": "I was giving an example of when I went to my constituency and the public asked me to assist one of the women who came to me. When she came to me, she literally pulled her blouse up before the public. Her breast was terrible, oozing pus. It is one of the things that I have only seen in textbooks. Unfortunately, Kenyans now think that social protection is the sole mandate of elected leaders. We are added other roles that include social protection when we go to the constituencies to execute our mandate. That is why sometimes I am abased to hear elitists who are divorced from realities of the ground saying how the NG-CDF should be removed. Even though NG-CDF focuses on infrastructure and not on social protection, it has actually ameliorated some of the challenges and pressures that were put on Members of Parliament. Social protection is one of the issues placed on Members of Parliament. I recently started my PhD studies. I seek to undertake my thesis challenging some age-old held theories that include separation of powers. The doctrine of separation of powers is a very good one. It talks about the role of a Member of Parliament being legislation and representation, but it The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "forgets the reality on the ground. This will ensure that the public knows it is a by-the-way when I go to the ground. It is not my main role! The public knows that my role is social protection and development. Why do we have to fight what works where it works? If we see a system that works, must we remain true to something somebody developed in the 1800s? That person did not know my village called Kolo Kanyala in Rusinga Island, and its realities! We now have scholars and intellectuals who can come up with beautiful theories. I am one of such intellectuals who will come up with theories that will either improve or overthrow Montesquieu's Theory. It may take 20 years or so but something beautiful is happening in Africa, which is a different model of development that ensures infrastructure comes up and accelerates it. The core of our accountability is through election. If you do not work well for Kenyans, they will throw you out. Who wants to be thrown out? We have to re-conceptualise how we think. Social protection is one of the issues that will help Members of Parliament before it completely overwhelms them. We provide for people with medical needs, bereavement, mental health, and those paying dowry. Young men who want to marry but are unable are also a role of Members of Parliament. If I am asked to write a Curriculum Vitae of a Member of Parliament, it would be very different from what the elite write. They normally state that the role of parliament is legislation, representation, and oversight. However, we are pastors, intercessors, preachers, social protection systems, ATMs, and counsellors. The list is endless. We need to reduce our roles to what is manageable and look at the ones that work. One of our roles that works excellently, and people from all over Africa come to benchmark on, is the NG-CDF. To shield us, let us make sure that the Government, at least, through social protection, protects our vulnerable: women, children, persons with disability, and other marginalised and minority communities in the society. With those few remarks, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support."
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