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    "id": 1443357,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13589,
        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what do we expect the people who have been taking care of their relatives to do and they have seen poverty and suffering in all those years and no one listens? This goes on and what they now see are extravagant lifestyles by leaders, instead of every leader cutting costs and getting to help their people. When you come to this Finance Bill, although the Speaker for the National Assembly has promised that it is going to be dealt with later, although something very unusual has happened. After lobbying for the passing of the Bill, the President decided not to sign it, but send it back for deletion clause by clause. He threw the MPs under the bus. It is like someone who has vomited being told to take back their vomit. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we remained here as the Senate. They ran away and they do not want to come back because there are no proper facilities to deal with the two Houses right now. Today, if we were to follow the Act of Parliament, there is Article 115, which is yet to be interpreted by the courts. Hon. Otiende Amollo wanted it repealed instead of if being deleted. Then, 14 days have lapsed for that law and it could become law today. What is happening is that because of the fear of Gen Z, no one can announce that it has become law and no one can implement it. I hope that when the National Assembly comes to delete it, they must still come up with another Finance Bill. The legal act is to repeal and not to do any other thing. So that others can contribute, there is still the high cost of living. The proposed Finance Bill did not help that. I have seen the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport insisting on increasing fuel levies and trying to do public participation on that. That is cosmetic. This will still increase the cost of living. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some of the things contested by Gen Zs have now been enacted in the region and we are part of the deals in the region. We have conventions in East Africa and some of these costs will still come back to us. When it comes to dealing with justice, you have heard about the role of the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the EACC on fighting corruption. That has been controversial. We know the nolle prosequi entered when there is sufficient evidence and yet, there are willing prosecutors to prosecute. However, a political line is arrived, and something happens. Someone who is known to have looted from the public coffers goes scot-free and even joins politics and continues to mess up. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there has been impunity and incompetence in the Cabinet. We have the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) laws and luckily, the regulations were annulled by this House. It has stood with the people and it is the next Motion after this. We have seen extra-judicial abductions in Makueni. One happened last weekend where a nominated MCA was abducted on Saturday, taken round in circles, kept incommunicado and when we made noise yesterday, he was dropped in Makindu Town very sick. His abductors were asking him about an incident that happened in the burial of an MCA. There was a scuffle in the funeral which involved the local MP who had voted ‘Yes’. These people tortured this MCA and were asking him why he had brought problems and yet, it is the MP who caused these problems and started attacking the MCA. This is extra-judicial. If you have committed an offence, you have to be arrested, statements written and charged in 24 hours. Some of the Gen Z kids abducted 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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