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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country's leadership is reactive by nature. Even the President’s actions are reactive. They only react to situations and that cannot be able to help anybody. There have been many problems in this country. People have been promised paradise. The young men and ladies today who are demonstrating were told that once this Government comes in; when we take the leadership, the youth will be employed, and they will be given money, better education and jobs. One and a half years down the line, things have changed. The paradise has gone. It has become hell in the world. Youth are unemployed and a lot of impunity is being used, there is a lot of discrimination; and money is being looted left, right and centre. The other day we were told that the Government met the coffers empty. Then suddenly in one year, people are carrying money in bags to harambees. So where is this money coming from if money was looted by the previous regimes? There is no doubt that this country and all of us in leadership must go back to the table and listen to one another. The first and foremost thing that we need to talk about is for this country to heal, to come together and believe that we can do better. This is a very rich country. This is a very beautiful country that we love; we have nowhere else to go. So let us not send this beautiful country to the dogs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is happening today is that everybody wants to make easy money to the advantage of the poor and disadvantaged people. Every leader wants to make money. The oversight institution, which is the Parliament has been captured. We have been called to State House. We have been called by our parties to do a, b, c, and d. We do not listen. You are elected by the people; you are not elected by the President and you are not elected by your party leader. So, every morning, when there is a Bill, we are summoned to party offices or State House. We have been elected by people not by the people at State House or by a party leader. The consequences of that kind of blindly following leadership, party leaders, and being so obedient to the parties, is what we have now, the consequences that we are facing today. Bills have been done with impunity in this Houses of Parliament. Bills have been rushed; we are not even allowed to listen together. The Bills that we are making in these 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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