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    "id": 1120453,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "What is the point of us setting aside money as per the Constitution? Twenty years since 2011 will soon lapse. What happens to those people who put all their money in projects for the national Government, but they have never been paid? What is the point of us saying we have a Constitution which is a living document that says set money aside to develop these areas, but then we continue bickering here and arguing and then those people do not benefit? I would like to request my colleagues that instead of even coming up with another formula or policy, we extend the second generation policy because even those people who are supposed to have benefited from the onset, never benefited. If we are able to extend this second policy, we will be unlocking a lot of money. If fact, if my figures are right, we are looking at unlocking another Kshs11 billion. The first one was about Kshs7.6 billion which was never allocated. In total, because I am really passionate about this issue and I do not want to miss my point, we have Kshs51 billion lying somewhere. We have hardworking Kenyans who have spent their money, taken loans, had their vehicles auctioned because we in this House of Parliament could not pass regulations and unlock this stalemate. It is about time that we now started thinking about our economy. People talk about succession being the cause of all of our problems every single day. Should we leave this to the courts to be deciding for us? Yesterday everybody in the streets was happy saying finally the courts have seen the pain that we are going through as Kenyans when they put a stop on KRA introducing the excise tax on petroleum products. That helped Kenyans. Now let us think about the children of those contractors. Let us think about those areas which could be benefitting. If I take you to Narok, I will show you buildings which were built, about four or five years ago. They are idle because of that court case. This is because we have not been able to agree to release this money. I know last year, Sen. Sakaja, did a fantastic job. The distinguished Sen. Sakaja originally from Narok, but lives in Nairobi. He has had some roots in western Kenya. He came to the rescue of counties like my county which was losing about Kshs1.5 billion. Now I can thank him, but I want him to put himself in in the position of that small child that he supported that time, or a child who he supported in Wajir County, who has got no hope of tomorrow and release this money to be given to them. I am not saying that you are not concerned about that child in Wajir."
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