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    "id": 1285775,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "dollars. If this House has been following, one of the biggest agenda of President William Ruto outside climate change, is on the fair financial justice. I am happy when I watch President Kagame of Rwanda; we wish him well as he seeks his fourth term. He said yesterday that he does not care what the West thinks. He spoke about two things as he was addressing UN General Assembly in New York. He talked about climate change and also about fairness of international financial institutions. Why should a developing country like Kenya pay more than a country which is in the first world such as Canada and others? I want to thank the President because he is pushing African Nations to rally behind him and stand for fairness in financial systems from the World Bank and Bretton Woods institutions because this will assist us in getting fairness and justice. The position of Government has not been to dismiss anybody through Twitter or look down upon Kenyans. This Government was formed to fix the economic mess that was there. We want to ask the country to be patient because when the dollar stabilizes the cost of fuel will come down, especially from January and as we approach winter in parts of America and other places. As you are aware, there is war in Ukraine and Russia which has also greatly affected the supply of oil. I want to tell the country because we are truthful men that Kenya does not produce fuel. That is a fact. Secondly, I want to challenge the Committee on Energy - I heard Sen. Wamatinga talking – going to find out what happened to the Tullow Oil in Turkana County. What are we supposed to do? Mr. Speaker, Sir, the oil producing countries under Organization of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to sit down and cut the supply of oil into the market yet the demand is still very high. The same thing happened during COVID-19 pandemic. That is the challenge we are still talking about. The fourth point is on giving facts on public debt. Mr. Musangi should be aware of Article 125 of the Constitution. He should note that Parliament is not the National Assembly, but the National Assembly and the Senate. When called upon to appear before the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget chaired by Sen. Ali Roba, he should be ready. We are not interested in fighting with the National Assembly. The fights are fruitless. The National Assembly indicated that they want to be the only ones approving such appointments. This is why they rejected our amendments. I hope we will send strong men and women of the Senate to the Mediation Committee to talk sense to Members of National Assembly, that public debt is a concern of all Kenyans. Unless they are telling us that there are no Kenyans in counties. The 47 county governments form one nation, one people, under God. I also want to raise the issue of withdrawals from banks. I heard Sen. Kisang from Elgeyo Marakwet talk about Kshs1 million as the limit. Nowadays, withdrawing Kshs1 million will involve explaining the number of cows you have sold and other businesses you have engaged in to raise the it. While we appreciate that the limit is important to curb money laundering, we must be realistic. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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