Lusaka bids Senate goodbye
By evans.maritim, June 16, 2022Senate Ken Lusaka has called it a day in the Senate after serving for five years.
In a farewell speech on Thursday, June 16, Lusaka thanked the senators for working with him harmoniously since he took over office on August 30, 2017.
“I am now a better person. I have learned a lot from you,” Lusaka told Senators.
The former Bungoma governor said he hopes history will judge him well during his time as the leader of the Senate of Kenya.
“I hope when my time comes for my role as the Speaker of the Senate to be put on a microscope, I will be remembered as a speaker who natured the rule of constitutionalism and respect for the rule of law,” he added.
Lusaka seeks forgiveness
He further wished Senators who are vying for different seats the best of luck.
“For the Senators who are vying for different seats, I wish you the best. For those who have taken a break from politics, I wish you good tidings,” he told the Senators.
He also for forgiveness.
“If I dealt with you in a certain way you did not like, I seek your pardon. I also pardon those who may have wronged me,” he said.
Lusaka, however, regretted that the sibling rivalry and “the not-so-amiable relations” between the two Houses of Parliament denied Kenyans “much-needed oversight” over the Executive.
While bidding him goodbye, Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina commended the Speaker for allowing him to wear Maasai regalia in the House.
“Thank you Mr. Speaker for respecting the culture and allowing me to attend this Senate in Maasai regalia,” Ole Kina told Lusaka.
Lusaka is seeking to reclaim Bungoma governor’s seat that he lost to Wycliffe Wangamati in the 2017 general election.
He is seeking the seat on a Ford-Kenya party ticket which is under the William Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza Alliance.