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    "id": 1031917,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The President did not highlight on the issue of public debt worth Kshs7.1 trillion. We need to have a structure because the country is technically insolvent. We voted in this House not to increase the ceiling, but I was among the Senators who refused to increase the ceiling. On the issue of corruption, we remember the media headlines that were spewed all over. The President gave an order of 21 days on the COVID heist, but no one has been arrested. Masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) would have been critical in this moment be used in the fight against COVID-19. On the issue of corruption, I think the President has failed. He gave 21 days and yet he has all those powers. The DPP has failed. He is busy sharing in the social media and national newspapers of how he is fighting corruption, but we only have conviction of petty corruption offences of Kshs5,000 and yet billionaires of COVID are still walking scot-free. Madam Deputy Speaker, the Big Four Agenda is a scam because there is no clear evidence on how affordable housing has been achieved, among others. On the issue of land reforms, I expected to hear the President highlighting the issue of historical land injustices so that we can move forward as a country. However, that was not captured. The President said that the state of homeland security is doing very well, but we still have extra-judicial killings. The trigger happy police officers continue to kill Kenyans though extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearance. I will end my comments on the issue of the BBI. The President said that they continue to allow recommendations from all sectors and stakeholders. It has to be noted that the Constitution reform process belongs to 47.5 million Kenyans. I heard the leader of the ODM Party say that they will start collecting one million signatures from Thursday. It would be embarrassing for a President to launch a drive that is more divisive to the country than any other. Let us allow conversation where recommendations will be made to accommodate divergent views."
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