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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Thank you, my youth representative. I like that he has said it was started by an individual gentleman and then it was mainstreamed by a politician for political purposes, and that is my point exactly. That we can say that it is a spirit of giving, but the bottom line is that, when the ‘ Nyayo’ was put in there, it was a spirit of, ‘let us come together and let us follow this individual, who is now running on something called Nyayo.’ The reason I was asking for the timelines is because I would like to ask my colleagues as we debate this Bill whether during that time did we had devolved functions. Did we have structures where we can support our social systems? Did we even have things that we are now calling finance bills? Were our taxes as heavy as they are today? This is because, the spirit of harambee can be justified and cleaned up to make it look like such a beautiful thing that we must all support, but in real essence, the spirit of harambee in 2024, is a spirit of dependency. It is a spirit of saying we are agreeing that our broken systems in healthcare, social services, education system, as well as in housing, is what we are promoting. Then we can now all come together and say ‘harambee’ again and go back to our pockets, so that we can give money to people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it was fancy during the time when I am sure our youth representative was a teenager. It was probably encouraged because at that time we were living in communities of social welfare and people were taking care of each other, and it was something to look up to. However, today in 2024, when each individual is being encouraged to take up an income-generating activity so that they can pay taxes, why then would we promote a spirit of dependency? With that opening speech, I support this Bill because it forces us, leaders, to stop encouraging the spirit of dependency. When I talk about the spirit of dependency, it is not just leaders who go to harambees to give money for funerals, for health reasons and all other things. In my social circles, every opportunity, we talk about weddings or talking about how we are going to visit so-and-so the next weekend in whoever's house, the first thing they do is open a pay bill or a till number, or they give the number collecting money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, why? We are encouraging a spirit of dependency in this country. That is the reason I feel that some of the structures we 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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