Senator Aaron Cheruiyot contemplated quitting when tensions from the anti-Finance Bill protests escalated.
Speaking during Senate proceedings, Cheruiyot said that there were nights when he thought of exiting the leadership stage adding that he dismissed the thoughts to be part of the solution to challenges facing Kenyans.
"I have to be sincere Mr. Speaker that there were days in the night that I contemplated even quitting and said perhaps others can do it. But this is not the time to quit, because quitting doesn't solve, it doesn't get us out of the hole that we already are in," he said.
He said leaders ought to resolve the mess that the country finds itself in before running away from responsibility.
He apologised to Kenyans for everything that contributed to the mess that the country currently finds itself in.
"I have reflected deeply the last few days, looked through my journey as an individual and asked myself very serious questions. I tried to wear the shoes of the ordinary citizens and how they feel at this particular moment about me as a person, and retrace my steps. I asked myself, what is it that perhaps I should have done better?" he said.
"We are deeply embarrassed that it has taken young children to point to us that you are naked as our leaders," he added.
Cheruiyot said that during extraordinary times, ordinary solutions that leaders have proposed in the past cannot work.
During the sitting, Senate Speaker Amason Kingi called upon the National Police to exercise restraint in dealing with peaceful and unarmed demonstrators.
Additionally, he called upon the release of all persons arrested for planning and participating in protests against the 2024 Finance Bill.
The Speaker also urged the government to waive all hospital bills and funeral expenses of those who were injured or lost their lives during the protests.
The judiciary was also called upon to prioritise and expedite all cases relating to the enactment of the Finance Bill.
