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    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I hope you have taken cognisance of the fact that some minutes have been taken away by the point of order. I rise up first as a Kenyan, second as a person from the Mount Kenya region and third, as a youth. I wish to raise my issues especially away from this national Parliament and to address some of the issues that are being peddled in our region in so far as this document is concerned. For the avoidance of doubt, I have gone through the Bill and I rise to oppose with reasons. One, the kind of debate we have been having is of monumental proportions. I hope through the same comparison, even the freedom of having this debate will be commensurate with the same size so that we take as many divergent opinions and with respect. I have a big problem from the outset! We were recalled from recess to come and discuss this BBI Bill and yet, our country is going through huge challenges, some of which are of humanitarian nature. I would have wished, as the Member for Kiharu, to be recalled from recess to come and discuss how we are going to roll out the vaccination programme to all Kenyans across the country. That is more important than this Bill before us today. As we talk about the COVID-19 scourge, it is important for all Members of Parliament to know that most of the people we represent, especially those in sectors like retail and hospitality, constitute the majority of people in the informal sector in our economy. That category constitutes around 64 per cent of all informal jobs in our economy. In aggregate, over 8.6 million Kenyans are employed in those sectors that are hardly hit by the lockdown that was instituted and placed by our President. Therefore, I find it very insensitive that we come to discuss such a Bill when Kenyans are going through untold challenges at such a time. One of the major issues that I would have wished we were recalled to discuss is the economy of our country. The Jubilee regime has actually over-borrowed beyond the limit that has been put by this Parliament. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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