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    "id": 1456544,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1456544/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi City County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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    "content": "If counties can raise their revenues by reducing the amount of money they have been charging, they will be in a position of getting more revenue and, as a result, they will lessen the burden on the people and deliver more services. In general, we know that the Generation Z are asking for good governance, accountability, action on corruption and an end to opulence. I wonder how people became rich in such a short period. I have been driving the same car for the last 13 years. Sometimes, I question how people who came to Parliament recently have helicopters. There are questions that need to be answered. I pray that the President will deal with them decisively. I have also seen political meddling. Any past or present politician who is fuelling the instability in this country needs to be questioned and arrested. Any policeman who went beyond his mandate by doing a wrong thing needs to be arrested. There is a lot of healing that needs to be done. Mothers who have lost their children are in pain. I have seen children who say how much they hate the Government and parliamentarians. We need to turn that hate into constructive ways of running this country. Since Independence, when the Mau Mau freedom fighters fought for this country up to today, there has been one struggle after the other. In 2017, I dealt with 97 dead bodies in Nairobi County. I was actually in the streets and I was tear-gassed over and over until I could not do it anymore. It took me years with post- traumatic stress disorder before I could not deal with the smell of teargas. We will be asking questions that the Generation Zs want answers. What is that pink substance that is used in police water cannons? Is it what is used in other countries? Is it ISO certified? Is it safe? Are we creating a health hazard in future? Those are questions that need to be answered. As Members of Parliament, we will ask them. There are some things that we need to do as we tighten our budget and deal with corruption. We need to ask ourselves whether we can increase capitation. Can we make sure that secondary school education is free? Can we scrap off all the bursary funds like NG-CDF, the NGAAF and the County Bursary Fund? Can we make sure that we have 100 per cent transition in schools? Can we make sure that schools that have more students are allocated money for classrooms? It is sad to see teenage children who have finished primary schools still at home because they cannot pay school fees. There are decisions that we should make as we move along. I believe we all have the best interests of this country at heart. We need to end the insults and the hate that we have and come together. There is space for the Generation Zs in every public entity. Every year, people retire from work. The spaces left should be filled by the Generation Zs. We should have special Generation Zs desks in public entities so that they can participate in governance. Access to information is part of the law. They should be allowed in all the offices. Their efforts and fight should not be in vain. Those who died should not have died in vain. It is time that we considered the Generation Zs as we replace those who have retired. I celebrate the Generation Zs and I am sorry for all the pain we have caused them. I pray that we will work together for the good of this nation."
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