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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Montet Betty",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. As I was saying to those who are in hospitals and those who are at home, sick and injured, my prayers are with you and may you get well soon. To the business community, those who lost their properties, most of them even lost their livelihoods, I am sorry as a leader in this country. I pray and hope we will not get to this again since the Gen Zs are telling us and showing us the way of doing things. The country had gone south. The biggest question today in this House and the minds of all the leaders in this country is how and when we got there. However, the signs of times were there. Kenya spoke. It was loud and clear. Things were not right, but what did we do as leaders? We never listened to them. All these Bills that have brought all these issues in this country have passed through the two Houses. As usual, we never got time to listen to our people. We never took time also to look at these Bills and reflect on how they will affect our people. What is it that Kenya is looking at? What is it that we want with our nation? That is how we have come to be where we are today. It is sad indeed. Gen Zs, you have done well. Indeed, we should congratulate you. You have done what we have never been able to do for a long time or since Independence. You have come out clear and loud that things cannot be the same. Things have to change. Things started going bad about two years ago. Kenyans spoke first when poisonous sugar was imported into this country. It was so sad that later the same sugar was sold to poor Kenyans and was consumed. Sadly, to date, the importers of that sugar are leaders in this country. They are people working for this country. They are people who are supposed to be servants of the people. They are not supposed to be finishing their people. They have never been brought to book. As other Senator said, there is the issue of edible oil. It was a big issue. Kenyans talked and complained. The people who imported it are known. That oil was eventually declared poisonous too. What happened? They have never been brought to book to date. Not that this House did not speak. Not that this House has not tried to even bring to book the people who imported that oil. However, what happened? As usual, we got silent. It is us, Kenyans, who are killing our country. I sit in a committee where we look at cohesion in this country. It is sad. As much as I want to agree, most of these things are historical. However, what I want to tell our President today, Mr. President, you can be the person to bring change in this country. If you keenly look at what is happening, why are these Gen Zs complaining? They cannot get jobs. People are still getting employed from very few communities. To be precise, two communities only in this Republic. Mr. President, you can be the person to bring change. If you want to bring change in this country, you have the means, capacity and I believe the will to do so. Please look at those issues. Please look at the Gen Zs outside there. Those who do not have people who can speak for them are there, outside. The Gen Zs who are protesting outside there, are our young people who are well learned, tarmacked for more than five years and with very good degrees. Nowadays, it is not impossible to hear somebody who had First-Class honours tarmacking or outside there holding a placard saying please give me a job. Why, and people are getting employed? This cake is enough 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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