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    "id": 1525402,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Secretary, is a 2019 Bill. If you look at the Kshs1.5 billion that KPC says is a debt owed by Nairobi, those debts precede that law. So, how can you tell us that in 2017 we did not owe Nairobi money for wayleaves? A final appeal on behalf of the people of Nairobi. The national Government institutions in Nairobi have refused to pay rates. Unfortunately, one of those institutions is this House; the Senate and the National Assembly; Parliament as an institution. All these buildings here in Parliament Square and the Government Square have refused to pay Nairobians rates. As we speak, it is over Kshs100 billion that we are owed as Nairobians for unpaid rates by the national Governments. If you gave us that money, we would be able to do a light rail, the equivalent of the one that was done in Addis Ababa, so that all of you can come to work without having to sit in traffic. I can assure you, we will make a tunnel stop here so that we drop you at work. You do not have to sit in traffic. So, I am beseeching you and the entire Senate, please, join Nairobi in asking the national Government to pay us this money. I thank you."
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