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    "id": 1582652,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sabina Chege",
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    "content": "No one can ignore the impact of NG-CDF in this country. I saw governors saying they want to issue bursaries. I urge senators, even as they ask for SOF, to define their role clearly. What is their oversight function and what is the Fund for? We went through a rigorous process. I remember Hon. Nyokabi and Hon. Kajuju, who were in this House and helped us to come up with NGAAF. When we talk about SOF, I am lost on how it will be administered. The Bill suggests that there will be legislation from the House. It is important that senators sit down and think about the Fund, so that it may benefit the people. When we say ‘oversight,’ I do not know whether they will be holding meetings. Right now, and this is my own opinion, the Senate is doing very badly. Nairobi County, for example, gets almost Ksh18 billion to Ksh20 billion from the national Government. In addition, it collects almost Ksh100 million per day but when we look at development, we do not know what happens in Nairobi. There is raw sewage flowing and streets like Kiambu Road have not had street lights for the last six months. It is dark. One wonders what the Senator of Nairobi City County does. Senators need to oversee counties. We know there is a lot of money that is lost in counties, but the Senate is busy summoning Cabinet Secretaries from the national Government. Sometimes, I feel the Senate should have been the House of Lords, consisting of people who have served the nation with integrity and experts in various sectors such as finance, agriculture, and professors in education. Such people should be in the Senate so that they can advise this House and the Government without competing with this House. Senators fight governors because they want to become governors It is also a pity because we also have people who have been governors for two terms becoming Senators and others becoming Members of Parliament. It is ridiculous. We need to look at this position. When somebody gets to the level of a governor, they should become either a cabinet secretary or a president, but not a senator or a member of the national assembly. It is just good mannerism and for the purpose of neatness. As I support this Bill, NG-CDF has been managed well and, therefore, it has really helped. We still have schools even today that do not have classes. Members of Parliament from such regions need to prioritise and make sure no child in this day, age and era is in an inconducive classroom or in a school without toilets. Some pupils and students study under trees. As I support, I urge Members of Parliament to make sure that even if there is a fund manager, they be in touch by going to the ground in order to be aware of where the money is spent. We would have discussed this Bill and maybe passed it yesterday because it is very important. We had to adjourn the House in the afternoon because of the unrest that we had in this town. As I sat in my house - and that is why I am donning the Kenyan flag today- my heart cried for this nation and for our young people. I would like to thank the Gen. Zs who came peacefully, gave their message and left. We cannot bury our heads in the sand because we know there was an organised group also. As politicians, we must take up the blame. We are the financiers. Those people know themselves. We might not mention names, but we have a conscience as we sit in the House. We saw businesses of innocent Kenyans whom some people purport to take to Canaan being vandalised. I saw a lady crying and asking God what she has done wrong because her shop was broken into and everything was stolen. Those small shops owners at River Road, Kamukunji, and Nyamakima are innocent traders who take loans. They then go and get a few things from China or Dubai and come to sell. Some buy from a wholesale shop to go and sell. Then there is somebody who is seated somewhere in a house who actually sleeps knowing they will send goons to vandalise shops. It is a shame. Whether we say it is political or not, but whatever it is, one cannot be so selfish that it is about them. One can even burn this nation because of their selfish interests. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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