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    "id": 1442781,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tobiko",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to use an example. I have even seen it trending on X. When Sen. Sifuna was speaking, they wrote that in Kajiado County, one public servant who is right under the President spends Kshs20 million per weekend. You can tell that the money does not come from selling his cows or payslip. Today, in every appointment that happens in Kajiado County, you will hear one individual being congratulated. What happened to the Public Service Commission that should interview and employ people on merit? That single individual can alienate the President from a whole county. The rest feel that they do not belong. So, they must worship one small individual because of the office he is holding. The year 2027 is coming and all of you know that is the time of reckoning. That is the time we are all going to answer. We need to rein in independent commissions like the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and make sure that Kenyans get equal opportunities. We need to ensure that electoral reforms are there. As a House, we should legislate on matters of devolution and make sure that our counties receive their fair share. Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to deviate from what has been the talk by a number of Members here today; that the NG-CDF should be removed. I know the importance of the NG-CDF at the grassroots level. So, I will not advocate for it to be removed. What we need to do is to enhance the oversight function of all the Houses, which include the Senate, the National Assembly, and county assemblies. The EACC should rein in our counties because of mismanagement of resources at the county level. As we do a clean-up at the national level, let us also make sure that we do the same at the county level. We are now hearing about the Kshs20 million weekend financial signature. There are those who belong to that club of Kshs20 million per weekend and they are known. We have MPs and public servants who are giving the Kenya Kwanza Government a bad image. We should not allow them to take us down because when the Kenya Kwanza Government goes down, it will go with many of us, but we will not allow that. To conclude, we must meet the demands of the Gen Z, the millennials and all the young demonstrators. The trigger-happy police should be brought to book. They must pay for every bullet they shot at our children. Even as we sympathize with the police and their living conditions and working environment, for every life they took with a bullet, they must answer for it. Madam Temporary Speaker, I can see you looking at me. Perhaps my time is up. Let me join other Members by saying that it was ill-informed for the SRC to talk about a salary increment right now. It was ill-informed and we do not accept it. If they were going to use these Houses of Parliament as a scapegoat, then they do not get it. The President should also ask himself why some commissions like the SRC and the Public Service Commission would come out at this moment when the country is burning to announce salary increments or gazettement of CAS’ positions. They do not mean well for this country and the presidency. Those are the people that need to go home. Commissioners of the SRC should serve for only term and go home because they only do salary reviews once. Those finances should be used elsewhere. Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for this opportunity. 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."
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