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    "id": 381777,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to join Senators who have spoken before in thanking Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o for bringing this Motion at this time. If you really look at the historical videos and films of the years when Kenya began, you can see the motivation of the spirit in which the harambee movement and harambee activities started. Most of the institutions that we have in Kenya today that have produced the men and women you see here were build in the spirit of harambee. This has been done willingly from the hearts of the people of Kenya, but noting the way it has been abused in some corners by some people, when Kenyans are now 40 million as opposed to the almost 10 to 12 million by the time we attained Independence, there were more sincere people then than now. There is no harm in formalizing a ritual or a procedure that has been used in our country, whether willingly or unwillingly. Where I come from in West Pokot, we now have over 2,000 students who are pursuing privately sponsored programmes in the universities. Most of their school fees is raised through harambees which are done between September and January. This is the time we know that there are crops in the farm and the prices of animals are better. To us, we support this idea because in our county without this harambee spirit, we would not be where we are today. Our schools are not as equipped as other schools. We do not have sufficient teachers to the extent that when we get results for Form Four, most students have a mean grade of C+, B- and B. These are candidates that are supposed to go to university, but because the Government cannot give them funding through the Higher Education Loans Board, we have to chip in through the harambee spirit. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill that is proposed through this Motion would be very beneficial to the people of Kenya. If there are places in Kenya which have been built or have other ways of getting funds and they have built their own infrastructure, this Bill should be looked at critically and supported although the composition can be improved by the two leaderships. But that does not remove or negate the spirit that we are trying to introduce here. You can even remember some of the dispensaries that were build in my neighbouring country Turkana prior to the introduction of the CDF funds; they were essentially done through communal spirit where people brought money through the harambee spirit. A number of our students who are now studying in the United Kingdom, China, India and many other places, are there because of this harambee spirit that has The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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