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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to comment on the Statement on the road accidents. Recently, a university bus was involved in a road accident and several students lost their lives. This was blamed on the heavy rains and the speedy vehicles. However, we believe with good training of our drivers on our roads, we should be able to manage the road accidents in this country whereby several people have lost their lives. We would like also to look at what the police have been doing over the years - The cut-offs which have been made by the insurance companies as to the compensation of victims of such. Other than Kshs3 million whatever is above, then the person should cover and that has not been yielding from the courts. Therefore, Kenyans have lost lives, earnings and children who would have helped them in the future. There must be a strategy in which we should curb road accidents in the country. Even if the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) comes back, we need a better strategy. The worst of it is corruption on the roads, on the parts of people dealing with it and poor maintenance of vehicles. I agree with the Senator for Mombasa County that something has to be done urgently to make sure that no more lives are lost on the road. When you compare Kenya with other countries, we are much higher in terms of deaths, even in East Africa, and generally, road accidents are caused by carelessness. I support."
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"content": " Sen. Cherarkey."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In quick succession, I just want to comment on three statements and allow me to start with the issue of road accidents. While we empathize and send our deepest condolences to the victims of the road accidents, those who have been maimed and those who are recuperating, we wish them well. The coming back of NTSA should be a priority. We need to be very careful. I urge drivers that let us be careful as we drive along these routes. I do not agree when people say an accident occurred because of the rains. While the Government is doing its best, we ask the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport to stop the public relations exercise. Be on site. Make sure the Michuki Rules are adhered to and they are enforced properly, so that we do not get this issue of just being reactive. The era of being reactive to road accidents, among others, should come to an end in this country. We want people to move to those sites and ensure they deal with this issue of road accidents. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "I send to Kenyatta University (KU) parents and fraternity my condolences. Also, to the victims of the Silibwet tragedy and also to my former school; my alma mater, one of the best schools in this Republic, Kapsabet Boys High School which has produced both the second and the fifth President, and possibly the seventh president of the Republic of Kenya. The school bus drivers need them to be tested. The buses should also be inspected. The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport should move from issuing social media directions and others. Secondly, on the issue of Mr. Sniper, I empathize with my brother, the Deputy Speaker, Sen. Kathuri. The brother - the relatives of the Governor of Meru have been arrested. Up to now, the body of Mr. Sniper or the family has not buried him. What are the police fearing to go for the big fish in arresting the perpetrators, the killers of Mr. Sniper? This country is a country that respects the freedom of expression; this is not a banana republic. This is not Jordan or Ukraine. Why is it that the police are fearing to arrest the real culprits who killed Mr. Sniper? We shall stand with the people of Meru; there shall be no mercy for the people who killed and maimed. As I talk, the wife of the late Sniper has been sleeping on a cold bed for almost two months. The children can no longer see the face of their father; the parents no longer have a son. This is a serious matter. This is terror related. In Tharaka Nithi County, a blogger was killed. The Blogger Association of Kenya is under threat. I challenge my brother, Sen. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki, the Senate Majority Leader"
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"content": "Emeritus"
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"content": ", to go beyond arresting small fish. We need the financiers; we need to be told why Mr. Sniper was being called by people connected to the Governor and what was Mr. Sniper doing in the Governor's residence where he was found when he had been killed a few hours later. I hope the Committee of National Security will come strongly. That is what we want to see. I wish the Committee of the Whole – so that as Mr. Sniper is being put to rest--- Mr. Speaker, Sir, you remember in Meru, some of us who have been, Njuri Ncheke by association, we had to convince the people of Meru not to bring the body of the late Sniper to the gate of the Senate because they are trying to look for justice. Finally, on Commissioner Sen. Kinyua's Statement on the status of roads in Laikipia County, I sympathize and empathize with him because, unfortunately, the person in charge of roads, the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport is incompetent. I will not comment at that point but wish him well as he pursues. I submit."
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"content": " Sen. Eddy, please proceed."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the youth in this country are seriously under threat. I support this Statement by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, Senator for Kisumu County on various fees that have been introduced by the HRMPEB. This weekend I spent time in Kuria, a place called Mabera with a number of young people drawn from different places in Kuria District, or rather Kuria sub counties. That would be the Kuria West and the Kuria East. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "I had about 100 young people from Kuria. These young people are some of the brightest young people that I have seen from different diversities in terms of professions. We have Mr. Jemo Msanii who is a wonderful, educated young man who has dedicated his life to music and creative industries. We had people like Mr. Munico who actually used to be a student leader in Kuria and is still trying to survive and make life as a student leader. We had Bazuu who has been a young person in Masaba and has been able to engage in different Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs). It just showed me how much young people in Kuria have been very passionate about trying to build their skills and get opportunities in post-graduate studies. However, these young people cannot get employment because the professional bodies are making it prohibitive for them to go through a simple examination such as what we are seeing with HRMPEB. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to add salt to injury after they have gone through this gruesome effort to undergo a professional undertaking after finishing college or university, they are told that as young people they cannot get employed because they must have experience. What is this experience that somebody gets in a classroom that is needed in the workplace? Today, I am sad for the youth of Kenya because these prohibitive and exploitative organizations that make it difficult for young people in this country to thrive ensure that their lives do not start properly. If I was required to have experience as a Senator in order to come to this House, then as a young person who had come from college, probably my well-meaning and industry would not have been noticed. If people like the “Queen of the North”, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda and Sen. Chimera were never given the opportunity to be in this House in order to give their thoughts and stand for the young people of this country, we would not have identified their talent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to give perspective on how the HRMPEB is making it difficult for young people to have meaningful certification. They have introduced a curriculum support fee. They are charging Kshs1,200 per unit. If they charge this amount for the examination yet there are six of them then they are forcing a young man or woman who has just left college or other institutions to pay Kshs7,200 to register under this curriculum support. As if that is not enough. They have also gone ahead and introduced an examination fee. From the institutions we have attended, examination fee is paid as a lump sum. For this particular body they have introduced Kshs4,500 per unit. That means if a young person from college or tertiary institutions wants to be a member of this organization then they have to struggle to pay Kshs4,500 times six which is about Kshs27,000. Again, they have introduced an administration fee of Kshs2,500. An administration fee cannot be paid per unit. It is paid to an institution in full. If you introduce another Kshs2,500 per unit then it means that a young person has to struggle again to pay Kshs15,000. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you attend a tertiary institution and you have studied some technical skills in National Industrial Training Authority (NITA), you will pay Kshs100,000. The professional body will require you to pay Kshs49,500 - as a young person - to be a member. What are we doing to the young people in this country? I hope that the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Labour and Social Protection in this country will take this very seriously. In fact, this entire board should be sanctioned. This exploitation of young people makes it completely prohibitive. This is the HRMPEB professionals’ examination board. It is not fair to young people to go through higher institution of learning, colleges, tertiary education and when you come back you are being prohibited from joining these professional bodies because of the exorbitant fees. Once you have paid them all this money, they do not even give you after sale services. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if one is taking all this money ordinarily, then they should make sure that there are after sale services such as getting placement for jobs. As a young person, you have paid all this money, but you are also being told to and tarmac. If you get the job, you are then informed that you do not have experience. After going through NITA, Kenya School of Mass Communication and professional bodies where you have spent your entire savings, young men are left to die without a job. We wonder why crime rates have increased in Nairobi City County. In Mombasa County, for example, we are also seeing drugs among young people. It is because of this frustration. This is what I hope the Government of the day will see because the hustler nation where the Senate Majority Leader and my brother the Senator of Nandi County are, the rate of stress and depression related deaths is sky rocketing. It is 11 per cent in Eldoret, seven per cent in Kisumu county and about 15 per cent in places like Nairobi City Count. These young people do not have opportunities for jobs and they are being frustrated. I rest at that and make a very small comment on the issue of accidents that we have seen in this country that claimed the life of comrades from KU---"
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