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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Where did this document come from? Are we saying that Parliament is not in control of the budget? Parliament should be. I am happy that the Gen Z are more courageous because right now when you walk around you are told that parliamentarians are in hiding. Why are you hiding if you did the right thing? Let Parliament stick to its mandate. Parliament is a House of representation. We probably disappointed the public. After the Tuesday demonstrations, we have seen members of the public attacking the properties and homes of some MPs who they perceive or know voted yes. As leaders, we should also watch the people who went to attack. They were not only the Gen Z. It not only shows us that the Gen Z had the courage to come, but it also shows us that the general public is not happy with what is going on. It is time to call on counties, that as the Gen Z come to the national outfits, the counties should read the sign of the times. The governors and county leadership must toe the line and do things as Kenyans expect. They are closer to members of the public and the public will catch up with them. Let us reassure the young people. Let us give hope to our people. We all have the capacity to learn and re-learn. Even the Head of State has all mandated institutions to support him in making the right decision. I stand here and wonder how did we get to Tuesday? Is it possible that we did not listen to the right institutions that were giving us the right information? This country has an intelligence department that is skilled and is probably the best in Africa. Is it because somebody did not listen to caution from the intelligence? If that happened then the right things should have been done at the right time so that we could avert that kind of situation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, yesterday, I talked to a friend who told me that Kenya is on the tip of collapse. If we allow it to collapse, we will never come back to where we were before. Is that what we want as leaders? Is that what somebody wants us to get into? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we would like the Head of State to be more responsive, accommodative, listen to Kenyans and give room to institutions that have mandate to perform their mandate so that we do not end up with the situation we got into. We have had so many problems and issues such as the JSS where Kenyan children are sitting in classrooms without teachers. In the past few weeks, we have seen that the medics have been having a challenge with the Government because the doctors have been speaking to the Government, but nobody was listening to them. We are happy that when this happened on Tuesday, the doctors came and stood with the demonstrators. The medics were there to support the demonstrators. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I cry because of loss of lives in the country. When the President made a speech, he said no more lives would be lost. On Thursday, I was surprised that more lives were lost. Is it an indication that somebody is not listening to him or he is not listening to the advice? 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 and AudioServices, Senate."
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