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    "speaker_name": "Othaya, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Michael Wainaina",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You get a principal secretary (PS) driving to Mombasa with his drivers, while you just go there alone. They move with all their security detail. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the money we are collecting in this country should be put to good use. When we campaign, we ask people to employ us. But when we come here, we become their masters. On the side of the Senate, I request them to do the work they were given. If they could have done their work well, county governments would be working the way they were intended to. But they are not doing their work. In fact, what they are saying is that they do not have any work to do. Their mandate is to oversee county governments. I urge my colleagues here to try to change the approach of how we do things. Next time, before the Finance Bill is brought here, let us educate our people on the ground and explain to them why and how we do our Budget. We can change this country. If 2.5 per cent of our revenue that is allocated to the NG-CDF is changing the constituency, why can 15 per cent that goes to county governments not change the counties? Everybody can see that 15 per cent is bigger than 2.5 per cent. Yet, they are saying they even want to get the 2.5 per cent! This year they got money for sports, but sports have died in every constituency. They are not doing anything and yet, we used to manage the sports. We need to forge ahead and listen to what the Generation Z are saying. I congratulate Generation Z. Most of the small businesses in this city belong to Generation Z. All those businesses that were destroyed belong to Gen Zs. All the people who were robbed are Generation Z. About 50 per cent to 75 per cent of the people working in this city are Generation Z. I plead with them not to destroy businesses. Let those people work and create more businesses. I urge the Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning and the Budget and Appropriations Committee to re-look at policy-making. I have been in this city for more than 50 years, and I know that the informal sector is the only one that can attract and absorb many people in terms of jobs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I support."
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