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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the harambee, or public appeal, as it is referred to, is a voluntary exercise. There is a saying which says that when you want to kill a dog, you give it a bad name. A few of us have abused this noble activity that has helped this nation come up with very credible institutions. The harambee spirit is a spirit of our forefathers. When we were growing up, there were even schools that were referred to as harambee schools. This is because people came together, collected the little that each one of them had, and were able to put up schools that notable personalities in this country went through, and today they are credible people wherever they are. I was amazed when the Mover of this Bill referred to an issue of seeking public opinion. Why would we seek public opinion when we know what harambees have done in this country? It is only a few of us that have abused this noble initiative called harambee. Harambee is giving what you have. You have one because of a problem that is either in a family or in a community. Sometimes, we are able to contribute in the spirit of giving to build churches. As much as we do, the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) was initiated in the country and there are specific things that it contributes to. It is only limited to the development of schools and institutions. With the coming of devolution, we now have two levels of government that control development, the national government and the county government. However, there is a missing link. There are limits to which they can do to satisfy our people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I stand here, in Ndhiwa Constituency, in a ward called Kanyidoto Ward, we lost a third-year student from Moi University, who drowned in a river somewhere in Keses; a river, I am not sure, called Sosiani River. There were two students who drowned. The student that came from the Ndhiwa Constituency, Chris Otieno, was a third-year student, and I share in that 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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