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    "id": 1496891,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. One of the critical issues that Gen Z raised during the protracted demonstrations across the country was the display of opulence by politicians. This was more dominant during public fundraisings and harambees. The spirit of Harambee, at the building of this nation – the senior youth representative, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Odinga, who is older than all of us, should tell us – changed over time. We have done harambees in many things. In sports, I see clubs like Abaluhya Football Club (AFC) Leopards Sports Club, Gor Mahia, and the rest of harambees. It comes to the attention of the House that the National Women Amputees team was stranded in Frankfurt, Germany, even after emerging position four. I do not know whether we need to fundraise for them. There are videos doing rounds on social media of the amputees team sleeping in bad places as they remain stranded. I hope something can be done. Nonetheless, of course, this shows the quality of performance of the person in charge there. Regarding the issue of churches and religious organisations, as has been the case, I do not know what we should do to churches, mosques and other religious organisations. They do not have direct money from anywhere, either private or allocated from the budget. In the future, we might need to budget for the building of religious places. Even if today you are to deny harambees to happen, how would the church or the religious organisations fund the building of churches, mosques or any religious places of worship? We need to be careful so that we do not overreach the issue of regulating financial rewards. Either the county governments can budget for the building of religious places of worship, or we can allocate from the national budget. In any case, 85 per cent of the national budget remains with the national Government, and 15 per cent goes to counties. One of the common fundraisers is the issue of hospital bills. I know that every Senator, including yourself, is normally in WhatsApp groups trying to fundraise for somebody who is sick, even on compassionate grounds, including funeral expenses. One of the biggest challenges for many Kenyans is the hospital bill. We hope the Social Health Authority (SHA) will resolve these issues. I hope that our contribution to the SHA and the transition from the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the SHA will allow Kenyans to access medical care without needing to call for harambees. Every weekend, if it is not a harambee for funeral expenses and medical expenses, it is for education. If it is not for education, it is for building more places of worship. On the issue of hospital bills, if we fix SHA and ensure that medical care is accessible to all Kenyans through Universal Health Coverage, I believe we shall reduce by 80 per cent contributions or harambees that are made in support of 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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