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"content": "I apologize, Mo Fire and withdraw. I will go to the Memorandum of Objectives and Reasons on paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, so that we can remind ourselves as to why this piece of legislation was here. It is on page 726. That is how it is paginated on top. It clearly states that the Bill is also based on the need to reduce the culture of dependency that harambees have imbued in the society, extending even essentially private affairs to the larger public. If you read further down, it says that its passage will promote the use of devolved structures as entities for promoting structured social development by ensuring that the conduct of the public appeals is approved by assessing their links to the needs and priorities of the counties. You know one thing we have in this country, and not only this country, I think many Africans, maybe it is our culture, I do not know, someone must do research. We like to glorify poverty. I can tell you most people, their inboxes and their phones, it starts with, ‘Hi, Mheshimiwa . I am a single mother, my background is I was raised in the slums,’ blah, and blah, blah. Yes, there is a majority. However, we glorify poverty to the extent that it is not fancy if you are making it in life. It is not a good thing if you are independent. So, the fact that we have literally mainstreamed glorifying poverty, it is like there has to be a story of poverty in your life and then we will look at you and say, okay, now you are a leader. The fact that we have glorified poverty has further pushed that bad culture of dependency. When every single time you talk to someone and say, but do you not think if this particular service was made efficient, ‘ah, but you know, some of us, we cannot.’ They will always find a reason. I will give you an example. Recently I went to Mama Lucy Hospital, again, on a charitable initiative. When I say charitable, again it is ‘harambee - Nyayo! ’ I also wanted to understand what was happening in Mama Lucy because we have had a lot of complaints. So, I went around, looked at the wards, I could see definitely we have an issue with infrastructure. I had baby blankets to give out to the newborns. At least on three separate occasions when I was engaging the 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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