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    "id": 1460801,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi City County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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    "content": " Thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill. I commend the Budget and Appropriation Committee for all their work. We have all been mentioning how we have had an unprecedented history happen in our country due to the protests by the Gen-Zs. It has brought us to a point where we have to come back and look at our revenue because we will not be having the Finance Bill of 2024. I take this opportunity to mention a few people who lost their lives during the protests. There was Rex Masai, Evans Kiratu, Eric Shieni, David Chege, Beasley Kamau, Ibrahim Kamau, Kennedy Onyango, Abdikadir, Charles Ngere and Eucabeth Mukei. These are just 10 names of the people that lost their lives. Lest we forget, we are talking about this today because the country reached a point where our children rose up and said enough is enough. Why did they say enough is enough? It is because they could see that the country was not headed in the right direction. We, as the representatives of the people, actually failed to do the job we were elected to do. All the three Arms of Government failed the people of Kenya. We are here discussing the Budget because we failed the people of Kenya. We have to ask ourselves some hard questions on the Budget. I recently saw strike notices coming out left, right and centre. Everybody wants collective bargaining agreements honoured. People want the promised jobs. They want people hired. We have a shortage of teachers and medics. Some people who are past the retirement age are still in Government. We have to start cleaning up. Our young people will do it if we cannot. The recent Gen-Z revolution or protests were like a tremor. We should avoid the earthquake. We can avoid it if we listen. We should listen and act on everything they are saying. You know what? These are not strangers coming to tell us how to run our country. These are not strangers telling us that there is a lot of wastage. It is not strangers telling us there is much theft and corruption. These are our children. These are Kenyans. These are the people the Constitution swore to protect. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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