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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Beth Syengo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As the Women League President in this country, I am a mother and I feel the pain the mothers in this nation are feeling. I stand with all the families that were affected. Noting the situation in the country and how life is difficult, the cost of living is high. It is unbearable because of the problems and issues that bedevil our country. As the women President, I assure all the women who lost their children that we are with them and we feel their pain. We share their grief and we are ready to walk with them to get solutions to the issues in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my colleagues spoke yesterday and they alluded to the issues that are affecting our country. Taking our departments by department or our institutions by institution, in the education sector, our children are learned. Many are graduates from different universities, but they are jobless. They are tarmacking. Looking at the education system in the country, there are many challenges. There is confusion among the Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers who are unemployed. There is the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) that is not properly defined and issues concerning how the new system is being implemented. Kenyans are looking at those issues. I congratulate the Gen Zs who took the lead to open the eyes of many people and say that there are problems in this nation that need urgent attention. In the health sector, there is confusion in shifting from the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). This is something Kenyans are unable to hold onto. They have been promised Universal Health Care (UHC). That is not happening. These are the problems. The Gen Zs have seen what many of us have been saying. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the economy is suffering. As Kenyans, we would wish for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow by two digits if possible. However, where are we? Our economy is affected by corruption and many other issues. The agriculture sector has many problems. I am a Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation in this Senate. As a committee when the issue of the fake fertilizer came up, we went to the ground and interacted with the farmers. We got samples of the fake fertilizer. Kenyans were given stones and donkey feaces. We called the concerned stakeholders. They came to this Chamber and we took them through what we had found out. We have tried to write a report, but it is yet to be concluded. All indicators were showing that the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development was culpable. Why has he not been sacked up to date? Mr. Speaker, Sir, the police brutality is painful. On that fateful Tuesday, we got out as the Gen Z protesters invaded these premises. I remember we were with my colleague 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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