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    "id": 396750,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. First of all, I would like to congratulate the Mover of this Motion. To me, it seems that he has been thinking very critically about the affairs of other people. I think even after Independence and even before Independence, we had these people called wazees ; and they have been working voluntarily. It is unfair for a Government, which has been there for more than 50 years, to continue depending on free service from individuals, either communally or individually. I think this Motion ought not to have come because it is suggesting that we devolve security itself, which is not within our mandate. The security function has not been devolved and yet these people we are talking about have been working very hard with security people. If you go to any constituency today, you will find that the District Commissioners (DCs) rely heavily on these wazees . He cannot rely very much on government officials because most government officials have really failed. Not that they wanted to fail, but because they are following our Kenyan culture. The Kenyan culture is such that you have to be a very corrupt person to be given such a responsible. This is a very serious statement that I am making, and I have a reason for that. These wazees who rely on nothing – they go out of their way even when the chief is going to visit them to try as much as possible to even get chicken for the chief. They suffer a lot. They are there in every constituency because the security situation has deteriorated very badly. The provincial administration that is the chiefs, DCs and Dos, now rely on these wazees . They are the only people who would give clear and proper information without lying. 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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