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    "id": 1374090,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13589,
        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Looking at food security and the cost of living, parents are unable to take their children to school. The middle class feels overtaxed. It is the middle class that takes care of the hustlers. It is the middle class that creates employment to the lower class for them to earn a living. The moment the middle class is overtaxed, opportunities become difficult for the lower class to earn a living and therefore life becomes difficult for them. That means many Kenyans may not have an opportunity to take their children to school or enjoy their daily living at a reasonable cost. I have heard several proposals on how to lower the cost of living. Sen. Okiya Omtatah and I proceeded to the constitutional court and we did not come out empty- handed. There are quite a number of issues, including amendment of the Statutory Instruments Act. This Senate had annulled some instruments. The National Assembly went on to process the Finance Bill, including that particular amendment. The High Court and the Court of Appeal said that Cabinet Secretaries whose instruments have expired and annulled by the Senate should be brought to this Senate. The mischievous amendment did not go through. The authority of the Senate has been respected. The authority of the courts has to be respected. We all must follow the rule of law because it makes life easy for everybody. Therefore, bipartisan talks are important. There is also the issue of the elderly. The feedback on the monies sent to them is that some of these monies never get to them because the system is not clear enough. They are supposed to get Kshs2,000 but at times, they end up with Kshs1,000. I like the proposal that they should be reasonably taken care of, so that people can enjoy their old age in this country. We have got several senior citizens who are no longer working. Some have no children to support them and land to farm. They may also not have the energy to farm. This particular issue came up during the bipartisan talks. It is important to take care of all the elderly. We have a system that works. Probably we need a law or policy. Most of them are proposing that their telephone numbers should be used so that the money is wired there. That will save a lot of expenses for the country because the cost of running the Government is expensive. On that particular one, sometimes, you get surprised by a single Cabinet Secretary who is not threatened by anybody at all. You will find 10 people moving around in three cars. No one is threatening your life. I am sure if Sen. Cheruiyot was a Cabinet Secretary, he would be moving around in one car greeting people on the way and serving the nation. There is no need for a Cabinet Secretary to move around in three cars. Sometimes---"
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