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    "id": 1545131,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr) Oburu",
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "There must be people there who are either benefiting. I do not know why it has not been digitalised fully up to now yet it is recommended in the Report. That should be done by yesterday. It is something which should be completed. It is not something we should continue arguing about. All the offices which have been mentioned are there and it is their responsibility. Otherwise, the Senate is going to make its recommendations which we hope will be implemented and not kept in the shelves. In Kenya, we are used to having very good ideas, but they are never implemented. We have better ideas than many countries around us. However, many countries even steal our ideas and implement them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a country here called Botswana, which is not rich. It only has some minerals such as diamond, but most of the land is just arid and semi-arid. It is mostly arid like our country with three-quarters aridity. They have cattle just as we do, but they have managed to develop their meat industry by protecting their livestock and exporting meat to countries which are near us. Botswana has become so rich that they are funding the World Bank which gives us money. They have money which is kept and called money for the future. It is not touched for recurrent expenditure. It is kept in an account where it is reinvested in other institutions including the World Bank. Therefore, with that kind of example, it means that there is something we need to do. We need to do more in our country to reduce our debt levels and make sure that our people do not bear big burdens when there are opportunities open to them. All that we need to do is to enable them so that they can earn money and do their things. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir I do not want to contribute more to this. I thank you for the opportunity. I hope that our Report will be implemented and we shall be heard. Lastly, there was a report here in Bunge some time ago by Hon. Elijah Mwangale, on the JM Kariuki report and he said there is a saying in Luhya that “the hyena was moving in the forest, he found a stone and he told the stone, please, hear me. I am talking to you and I am telling you to do the right thing. Stone, even though you are quiet, but I am sure you have heard.”"
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