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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I watched with a lot of pride the way the House was conducting this Motion a few days ago when we were representing our country in the PAP. Many people were worried that something would go wrong in the country, but we were at pains to explain to the Continent of Africa and Members of Parliament (MPs), that is five from each country, that our country will overcome the challenge. At the end of it, the democratic credentials of Kenya across Africa have risen high because of these very actions that took place while we were away. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my contribution is only one because I do not want to repeat what many hon. Members have spoken to. Many years ago, the birth of this nation was very painful. People lost lives and the country was unstable. It was at that time that people were fighting for the first liberation of this country, so that the Kenyan people would be free. That was the first generation of liberation for our country. Many years later, our people also sacrificed a lot to fight for the first generation rights. These were issues like expanding the democratic space, ending detention without trial and expanding the personal rights and freedoms, which at the end of it culminated in the obtaining of a new Constitution. That was the second liberation. This time around, another generation was fighting its own liberation, which to me, is the third liberation for this country. I know some things did not go right because a lot of property was destroyed and lives were lost, but we should not lose the fact that there is a point that is being raised by this generation. This is the point. In the first liberation, people never asked what was happening in the National Treasury. In the first liberation, the focus was independence. In the second liberation, people never asked what was happening in the National Treasury; the question was about human rights to be back. They wanted their right to associate and to have freedom of expression. They never asked questions about what was happening in the National Treasury. In this liberation that was led by our young people, our children, the question that is being asked is, “What is happening at the National Treasury?” Although many things went wrong, we need not lose focus on the question, “What is happening in the National Treasury?” We must not lose focus on this question. Our children are asking, “Why are we collecting taxes? Why is the Auditor-General saying that in the period between 2021 to now we have borrowed Kshs11 trillion, yet there are no projects?” The questions being asked are, “Where are the roads and how is this process of making a budget that is continuously loading on us, yet we are not seeing the results? I will be very brief. I pray that we do not lose focus on the light that has been shone on the National Treasury. The National Treasury interacts with the figures of the budget for a whole year. As this budget cycle is ending, the new budget cycle starts. The National Treasury is the one that brings these proposals. I remember very well that the first proposal was that the budget in Kenya had gone to Kshs4.2 trillion. They were then told that we cannot raise this money because the 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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