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    "id": 1245525,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Kenyans live in slums. There are slums in Kapsabet, Nandi County, where I come from. Even small towns like Imaki has a slum called Kibra. It does not mean that we want to pass this Finance Bill as it is. Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that all of us are excited. I do not have a problem with the Minority Side, including my brother, Sen. Mwaruma. They have a right to oppose but they should allow the Government to fix the mess. He was on the other side and I remember him leading the choir during the ‘Handshake’ Government. I remember when the Finance Bill was being passed, there was the tyranny of numbers. At the time, Sen. Osotsi was a diligent Member and supporter of the Finance Bill in the National Assembly. Therefore, we need to be honest. Where do you want Sen. Ali Roba to raise this money? I was shocked over the weekend to see a very respectable Member, whom I serve with in the Board of the SACCO of Bunge, telling the people that they want to cede. Before closing the comment, he told the Deputy President that they needed roads. So, what are you saying? As a country, we must speak the truth to power and to ourselves and accept the reality. I have four points and I will go over them quickly. I want to confirm, I have heard people say that if the Finance Bill passes in the Parliament, they will do the wider public assembly. Why are you disturbing Kenyans? Article One of the Constitution gives us the power to exercise sovereignty and power indirectly. Kenyans voted last year. Why would you want to disturb Kenyans yet we voted? The Speaker is there by right. Why would somebody imagine that he cannot preside over the House and go outside there and make noise; yet you were elected to preside over the House? Madam Temporary Speaker, we have tremendous respect for the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget. He is one of our principals in Kenya Kwanza and a Party Leader. I can see he is excited about it, which is okay. I confirm to the whole country that the Finance Bill shall pass. We will raise revenue and it will be used prudently. The second and final point is that I have seen there is an increment to Nandi County. I have mixed feelings about this. It is because if you want to know the headquarters of corruption, lethargy and mismanagement of county resources, then you need to see Nandi County under the leadership of Hon. Sang’, the Governor. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are many women who have lost their lives at Kapsabet Referral Hospital, a few days ago, while giving birth. Why should a woman during this time and era die while giving birth? It should be the other way round. She should be giving life. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is sad that we are pushing to increase money to Nandi. I have heard us making sweeping statements that counties are corrupt or not functioning. I expect the Chair of Committee on Finance and Budget to listen. Bring a policy or legal intervention, to stop counties like Nandi who are perpetuating corruption, from receiving their allocation, until they use it prudently."
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