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    "id": 1051947,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "to be a very innovative kind of country. I should not even be carrying a piece of paper like this because of the promises you made. This book should not be here because of the promises that you made. The starting point is that our governance has gone south. So long as it is going south, nothing can be repaired adequately in time for us to have a proper legacy for this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, last week on the Floor of this House, I said that one of the richest countries and still is, is the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). You are a very good economic commentator, and I want the Chair to listen to this. Mobutu knew how to psyche the country, but he also knew side-sit on the largesse of that country called Zaire, the richest country in the world. When he went back to his rural home, there would be long lines of people being given goodies. That kind of government is antiquated. I was ashamed when I was in a delegation to Dubai recently and somebody very high up in that government - and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. was there - told us that he was in this country, Kenya, in 1982. He said that at that time, Kenya looked like a paradise for them. He was here for holiday. When he was thinking of going back to Dubai, it was like going back into the wilderness. He says anytime he comes to Kenya he feels like crying. How has it happened that their country in a desert has come with all that and now we have a delegation from Kenya trying to marvel at what they have done? He said, ―The way you are now, I was exactly in that position when I was in Kenya in 1982.‖ He continued to come back to Kenya. The only thing he said about Kenya subsequently, other than the problems that we have, was one time he went to see President Moi and talking to him became very difficult because the only thing he noticed is that he had very big hands. He is smaller than Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. in size. Therefore, I want to say that this country of ours is meant for greater things and those greater things are going to come about when we do things the right way. When we want to take a loan, we take the loan in strict compliance with the law and the practices that are required. It was noted here that the Cabinet Secretary could not find time for the Senate. That means our institutions are not working. If a CS in this budget making process cannot find time to come and have a sitting with the Senate or a Zoom meeting, then something is wrong about the authority of our House. This time round, I do not want to blame the Senate because I think we have tried. However, what it speaks to is that our systems are not working. If a CS can ignore the Senate, then who else can abide by the requirements of the Constitution? We have a role to play. He was being invited because it is the Constitution that says so. It is just like any person being summoned by the court. At the end of the day, if you do not go, there is some kind of punishment. However, punishment from the Senate looks like something some people can live with. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other thing that I have noticed, which probably in another time we must correct, is how the budget process begins. This is because the estimates that are handed over to the National Assembly two months before the presentation of the Budget itself are still Executive-driven. Already, the Budget The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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