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    "id": 1443400,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Korir",
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    "content": "This House is mandated to make sure that the county governments adhere to the PFM Act. A number of colleagues have raised their voices in this House, talking about their dissatisfaction with service delivery and the use of finances, either in the national Government or within the county governments. We have been continuing to give room to the county governments to misuse the same funds to an extent that today we are talking of a huge amount of pending bills across the country, both in the national Government and in the county government. The same bills that we are talking about cannot be explained on where it was used but when it comes to the books, we have huge pending bills. The services which are being rendered have never been actualised. The reason is that, in one way or another, as part of the stakeholders who were supposed to check on the prudent use of the resources, we have not done so. The Gen Z are reminding us today of our work. When I see the lives that were lost, I ask myself a number of questions. This life has been lost because of the duty that I am supposed to do and discharge together with the oversight that has been bestowed upon us. If this House is going to rise to an occasion where a legislation is going to be made for those who are not going to adhere to the rules or the prudent use of the resources, where we are going to deny them resources then things will change and the way we are working will change. I must applaud the Gen Z. They moved to the streets, not because they wanted to be seen, but because they were passing a very strong message; a message that was talking about issues pertaining to unemployment. We have 1,000 graduates. Some graduated 10 years down the line. It is not that they are not qualified. They are qualified and others with first-class honours. However, they are still in the villages with no employment. I also want to bring to the attention of the Kenyans that this problem did not start with the new Government. This is a problem that has been there before. The reason why I am saying this is because we even have a number of teachers who graduated in 2009; some of them are almost reaching retirement age, but they have never been employed to date. Some may get an opportunity by going through the shortcuts if they know someone but the real hustlers have just been hanging with no hope. Nothing could stop these Gen Zs from going to the streets. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the same measure, I also applaud the Government for the few strides they have made despite the fact that it is still early. We have been barely two years in office and I thank the Kenya Kwanza Government for the steps they have taken, like giving employment. Even though a number of young people are talking about qualified people being taken abroad. However, at least, there are some who have gotten jobs abroad and when you check the website, you can see that. The Government has tried on subsidizing fertilizer, so that food production can be increased. I thank the Government for this and the Government has been trying its best to improve the economy of this country. Despite the shortcoming, lots of politics and the political scores as we are try to hijack the agenda of the agenda of the Gen Zs, I would like to tell the President that he was in the right direction. I also thank the President for giving room to the Gen Zs and listening to this House considering the discussions we have had on the state of the nation because some of 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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