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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity to also contribute and add my voice to this debate on the State of the Nation Address by the President. I want to begin by saying that I am happy that the State of the Nation Address is not a speech made during Madaraka Day celebrations, where the President has the latitude to speak about everything and anything. It is not a speech comparable to speeches issued during Mashujaa or Jamhuri Day. The State of the Nation Address by the President is a constitutional imperative. It is a constitutional accountability statement by the President, made in the presence of representatives of the sovereigns of this nation, as captured in Chapter one, Article one of the Constitution. It is a constitutional requirement for the President to address the nation on matters of national values and principles, international obligations and national security issues. It is largely about self-reflection and introspection. It is not an opportunity for self-praise and congratulate. Consequently, that is where I want to begin my debate on this matter. I personally take great exception to the representatives of the sovereigns of the Kenyan population, who stood to applaud the President for announcing the cancellation of the Adani deals. That announcement may have elicited a lot of praise for the President. It may have elicited a lot of excitement on the part of the Members present, however, what that mention of the Adani deals ran short of, is to tell the Kenyan people, the sovereigns of this nation, the important aspects of the Adani deals. One of those aspects that the President would have told Kenyans is where the rain started beating us on the matter of the Adani deals. I heard the President saying that the reason for the cancellation of the deals was because he had come across new evidence. I would have expected the President to table that new evidence. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from where I sit, I have not seen that new evidence against Adani. What is happening to Adani are things that the President has been told about from the day Adani was mentioned. In fact, it shall be remembered, that my party leader, His Excellency (Dr.) Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, is today in court, appearing in person, on record, against the Adani deal. The evidence adduced there is the same evidence that the President is saying he has come across new evidence. The Adani deals were a scheme to pilferage and con the people of this nation. That is what those deals were about. I marvel at some statements, especially coming from the President, because they also have capacity to embarrass his own Government and Cabinet Secretaries. It has been 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": "demonstrated by the Member of the Standing Committee on Energy, Sen. Sifuna, that a few hours before that announcement, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, was insisting that the Adani deal was the best deal that they have clinched as a Ministry. This Government needs to communicate better, even among itself, so that even as they now come out to speak to the nation, then they are speaking in tandem. I am concerned that the speech of the President did not address itself to the all- important aspects of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). One of the fundamental tenets of democracy that we pride ourselves in, is representation of the people. As we speak today, there are sections of Kenyans who are not represented in Parliament and in county assemblies, for the simple reason that we do not have an IEBC in place. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will give the President only two examples, because he occasioned one of those lack of representations. The people of Ugunja, where the current Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum comes from are not represented in Parliament. The people of Banisa are not represented in Parliament. Several wards across this country are not represented in the county assemblies. I would have expected the President in his Address to the nation, to give proper timelines as to when this nation should expect an IEBC fully in office, so that we can carry out the task of elections. Second is the delimitation of boundaries. I heard the President mention abductions, disappearances and kidnappings. What the President or the speechwriter forgot to include in the Speech of the President, is the fact that at the time the President was addressing the nation on matters of security, the Parliamentary Square had been converted into a police state. I tried to access the precincts of Parliament, but I could not because all the streets around Parliament had been cordoned off and there was heavy presence of anti-riot police officers. I kept wondering, who is afraid of who? Why can we Members not access Parliament freely, listen and engage with the President, without the police officers harassing us Members and curtailing our access? On the matter of public debt, I would have expected the President to give us more information. When he says that he inherited immense debt from the previous administration, what is immense debt? Why can we not deal with figures? How much money is it that this current administration inherited from the previous administration? What is the current borrowing status of this Government? How much money have we borrowed as a country since 2022? How much have we paid and what is the outstanding debt? Lastly, I would like to answer Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale on the matter of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) transition to Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), and he is not here. However, since this will go on record, let him know that the Senator of Kitui County, Enoch Wambua, has no problem whatsoever to contribute Kshs32,000 to the new system. However, what the Senator of Kitui County has a big problem with, and I will proclaim it, is that I am losing my Kshs32,000 from my salary, and that money is not helping my people in Kitui County. 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. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this SHIF business, to me, as far as the people of Kitui County who are consuming this service and I are concerned, is a sham. We are not benefiting from it. This transition was mishandled. Let us face it. We have handled the transition of systems. I have personally taken---"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Abdul Haji",
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"content": " Sen. Cherarkey, what is your point of order?"
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand under Standing Order 105, on accuracy of facts. Is it in order for Bishop Sen. Wambua Kiio, the next Governor of Kitui County, to say that Social Health Authority (SHA) and SHIF is not being enjoyed by the people of Kitui County, yet we know the rollout is across the country? Can he substantiate that as per Standing Order 105, and give us facts that SHIF and Social Health Authority (SHA) does not work in Kitui County? Let us work with facts. I would also be disappointed if it is not work in Kitui County."
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"content": " Sen. Wambua, please proceed."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, medical injustice against one patient is injustice against all patients. That is the basis on which I am making this statement. That, the implementation of this system, has been hurried or rushed. We have worked in institutions where we have carried out transitions. There is a formula of doing transitions. You do not just wake up one morning, stop a system that is working, and bring another system that people do not understand. Lastly, on that SHIF business, let us also take cognizance of the fact that the people of the Northern Frontier may not be able to enlist themselves for SHIF because they are not under network connectivity. They are not covered---"
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"content": "(Sen. Wambua’s microphone wet off)"
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"content": " Your time is up, Senator. Sen. Wahome Wamatinga, please, proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to add my voice to the presidential address. Indeed, I remember during the swearing-in of the current Deputy President, that the President alluded to the fact that he had found himself working alone in this Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have listened to my colleagues, and I must say, we live in a society where a husband will lock the kitchen in the morning, walk away with the keys, but in the evening come home and demand for food from the wife. Having said that, I am also not lost to the fact that there are people, despite all the effort you make, even when you are in the middle of a dam or a lake, they will tell you that you are brewing a lot of dust. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, indeed, the Address by the President on the much alluded to debate of the Adani deal in the Energy Committee, which I share, we spoke about it. We had gotten information that Adani had been inducted in the United States of America (U.S.A). Upon asking the Cabinet Secretary (CS) about the new information that he did not have a couple of weeks ago, I can remember, and it is on record, the CS said in the wake of the new information, we need to sit down and see the way forward. 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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