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    "id": 1442711,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kavindu Muthama",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Kavindu Muthama",
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    "content": "These jobs together with those in the national Government should be given to them rightfully without partiality. Others will do online jobs through the internet. It has become so difficult for our young people to get police and army jobs. I have heard many of them say that they have been asked to give bribes amounting to Kshs300,000. I have had cases where parents have approached me saying that they have sold their parcels of land to bribe in order for their children to get jobs and they have not been employed. I call upon the President of Kenya because I know he listens, to provide jobs for these young people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I looked at the President the other day as he was being interviewed and I saw a king without a covering; a naked king. This is because he was being asked questions about people he gave jobs, but they are not doing their jobs as they should. They were nowhere to be seen; it is a shame. I call upon the Cabinet Secretaries to take their mandate as required and cover the President. They should do their jobs the way they are mandated to do it. If they do their jobs properly without corruption, nobody will go to the streets to demonstrate. All of us as a country, as a nation and as leaders, we have failed because many other times even here in the Senate, we take sides and do what our parties are guiding us to do. We forget that we have been sent here by Kenyans who elected us to come and represent them. Many times, we have even passed laws that are against them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we reflect from the President to the least in this country, we must now think of how we will work to bring sanity to our country, Parliament and every organization in this country. Many of these issues are happening because the people are given directions on how to vote. Even when a law is hurting because of the directions given, they still go ahead and vote. A good example is the Finance Bill 2024. The Members of the National Assembly voted yes and it passed. However, the President failed to sign because the people were not happy with it. It is a shame even to the Parliament. We should stand and do what is right for the people who sent us. I am calling upon the Attorney General (AG) and the IPOA to do what is right and bring justice. For instance, like many of the Senators who have spoken ahead of me have said, cases of corruption are there and are very clear, but they disappear somewhere. Cases are taken to courts, but justice is never served. Mr. Speaker, Sir, very few people get justice in Kenya, especially the poor. They stay at home knowing that they cannot go to court, but their rightful land has been grabbed or sold to someone who has money. They know even if they go to court, this person will go and bribe the court and they will never get justice. I am dealing with so many land cases in Machakos. I know what I am talking about. It is time every institution reflects so that we come back to normalcy and do what is right for our people if we do not want Kenya to go into the ruins. We are talking here, but I pray and request that all the discussions and debate that we are having here today, will go into this Motion and be implemented. The young people have said it all through the media and social media, but I want to call upon the young people; the Gen Zs. You are free to bring your Petitions to this Senate. We will discuss and implement them. If there is nowhere else you can be heard at the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
}