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    "id": 1446099,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1446099/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "For instance, like in most international organisations, which lack the political goodwill of some of the big brothers and sisters, they have kept on dodging the success that can be otherwise attained. I also noted that there was a presence of youth and women leadership. It was not lost on us that the role of women in leadership towards ensuring that we get an equitable distribution of resources and most importantly their representation and role in leadership positions was very pronounced. I must say this is a major milestone that must be celebrated by all people who believe in gender equality. Having said that and looking at it from the backdrop of the challenges that we are having as a country, especially the youth, it is important to note that we are socially and morally woven from different fabrics. We in the Generation X need to take time to understand the Gen Z and maybe even the millennials. Most importantly, we must give them hope that tomorrow belongs to them. Madam Temporary Speaker, in Kenya today, the challenges that we are facing with the Gen Zs are founded on the lack of seeing the perspective in the kind of life, country and infrastructures that we are putting in place because we have for so long been over-obsessed with futuristic developmental projects which leaves the Gen Zs out of the equation. It is a question of even the elections that we conduct every five years. I was in Rwanda as an observer and I was quite impressed by the nature of politics that they do. In the whole country that was running a presidential election, you could not see a single poster on an electricity post. The campaigns were quite sober and devoid of the hullaballoos that we get to see in our country. This begs the question whether indeed we do need to relook at the laws governing the elections and the kind of resources that go into it. Madam Temporary Speaker, for anybody who has ever contested any elective post in this country, we know that it is an expensive affair. It must be well managed and it is money that moves the campaigns in this country. Therefore, most of the youths who may not have these resources at their disposal are left out of the equation. It is high time that we started asking ourselves, do we get this right or if we were to throw a spanner into the works, maybe we should ask ourselves, do we need thousands of Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) elected and nominated? Do we need all the Senators elected and nominated? We should even ask ourselves; do we need the 47 counties in this country? We have to address these fundamental issues because of the bloated kind of recurrent expenditure that we have and the heavy borrowing that has occurred in the previous regimes. We lack the resources and our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) cannot generate enough revenue to ensure that we can service the roads while at the same time looking at the recurrent expenditure. Consequently, if we were to call a spade a spade, is the bloated recurrent expenditure in this country and more so from the Executive and the Legislature effective? If you were to ask me, it is high time we started looking at whether we need the 47 counties or indeed, we need to merge them so that politics is not influenced by ethnic undertones. 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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