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    "id": 1058133,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "genuine money are very few. Those who have earned it honestly and fairly will give it in an accountable manner. I live in my village and I can assure you this. When you go to church, not necessarily the one I go to, you will find that the sermon of that day is not anything that nourishes or fulfils you spiritually. The sermon is about the generous givers, but they give nothing in terms of spirit and integrity. They just bring money, but do not want to explain where it comes from. You will realise that the institutions that they were in charge of are all collapsing. I think that is an unfortunate situation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not name them because I do not want to bear that burden. However, we all know. You will find that a person who was just appointed to an executive position the previous year and was driving a Beatle is the owner of everything in the village where they come from. When that person was having nothing, he/she would not even get the first seat in church. However, now that they have something and Kshs100,000, they become the best friend of the priest, catechist and the imams. That is unfortunate because our values are getting eroded. We are now worshipping and equating success to money and not to how we change our society using our leadership skills, commitment to good governance and changing the society positively. When we look at pending bills, it is a major cause of poverty. Today, I went to my bank, Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), to try to find out how much I still owe the bank. I took some money from them and I know that time is ticking. I do not want to be found not having paid the money when the election is around the corner. I asked them whether they still give loans. They said that they do not. Salaries are so unstable and any organization can downsize. So, they no longer give loans based on salaries. They will not give you loans because you are expecting rent. They will say that your tenants no longer pay rents. I asked them who they are lending and they said they are lending Government. You can imagine that they are not giving loans to individuals. However, they are giving loans to Government and we are also not paying those individuals. You are not being paid in your village, your people are not being paid and they are not being loaned. If we really knew what these people are going through, we would pay them like yesterday their pending bills. These pending bills are a menace. People in Migori, quite a number, have committed suicide and some have become destitute because what they had spent their lives saving on, which they used for security, have been auctioned. All those things are no longer theirs and are no longer in their possession. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we cannot have a government, county or national, that is the biggest defaulter when it comes to supporting business. You take their money and services that they have offered and refuse to pay them arguing about verification and bringing some experts. You may be a governor who is new in office and your predecessor is the one who offered support for those companies then you come to office, get to a swivel chair and say, “I will not pay those.” If you really knew what those fellows went through, how The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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