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    "id": 1517798,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "This was done without public participation. Why would people of Mukhulunya want to move from freehold to leasehold on ancestral property so as to attract payment of land rates? Why would the people of Maiyakhalo, Butsotso from Shieywe Ward, ever support this kind of thing? Had there been this wisdom as moved by Sen. Okenyuri where there is civic education, then the citizens of Kakamega County would not only have been given an opportunity, but would take responsibility by telling those Members of County Assembly (MCAs), “do not dare.” How do you ask people to pay rates? You are a lawyer on freehold land just by the dint of governor Baraza signing that this land from today henceforth moves from freehold to leasehold. We need to be consulted. If the Governor of Kakamega does not know, my roots are in Mukhulunya, where our ancestral land belonged to Mzee Liuba Khalwale, the father of Ingosi Liuba, Bukhala Liuba, and Shiamia Liuba. Governor Baraza wants the children who are my cousins to now start paying for this. We will not accept. What a timely moment. I want to appeal to the people of Kakamega to take it easy. We are around and that misadventure will not take place. As I support this Bill, I look at the provisions in Clause 5. Clause 5 is making civic education mandatory. It states that public officials, including elected and appointed officials at national and county levels, shall undergo a mandatory civic education and training on their roles, responsibilities, and obligations as public servants. What a great provision! If you go to Bomet social hall, the great people of Chepalungu have been lifted to come and be part of public participation. Lunch is served and return ticket assured. Then, before the good people are given an opportunity, they are told to sign forms for allowances. A few political statements are made by the governor here and there then the people are told to go away. Little do they know that they are being invited for two critical things for whose civic education they have no idea. The first one was that they wanted to recover their signature so that it can be used for corruptly justifying an expenditure from the county government. It is happening in Bomet, Kakamega counties and everywhere else. I am glad that the former governor of Uasin Gishu County is here. When I was chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), I never saw that kind of audit query against this guy; this Senator, that you are heaping people and stealing money and getting their signature. I never saw it."
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