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    "id": 515561,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musimba",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Mweu Musimba",
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    "content": "effectively police the Executive. If, as a result of what we are doing, we grow the economy from, say, Kshs2 trillion to Kshs10 trillion over three or four years, a percentage of that should come back to us and it becomes the basis of moving our country forward. In terms of the social pillar, we have ably talked about shifting funds to our elderly people. Right now it is being done in a very haphazard manner. The Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services is conducting a proper benchmarking survey to identify these people. However, we need to reward the elderly people. They have lived before us and contributed ably to this nation through consumption and contribution of taxes. If the money we have is to benefit 40,000 people, we need to create a cut-off and make it benefit only people above a certain age, say 70 years. That way, we will have captured 100 per cent of that population class as opposed to leaving people with anxieties. People in our constituencies ask: “Why have I been left out? How come I am not receiving this particular stipend?” We need to create a cut-off age for this money and make it equitable across the board. When it comes to the area of wastage and governance, we need to entrench our values as a nation and ensure that we are serving all Kenyans equally. In this regard, one area which has been left out, and it was ably mentioned by the Leader of the Minority Party, is the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). We have an enabling environment for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). It can employ 12 million of the youth to serve the entire world. The human capital development in this nation is way ahead of its time. That is why we have a Kenyan descendant as the President of the US. This is a result of how well we have developed this populace. If we engage our accountants to serve other economies like Russia and the Americas by virtue of the time differences, we would employ and deploy so many people. That way, the dream of Konza City will become a reality to everyone in Kenya. Money can be delivered instantaneously around Kenya through the mobile money transfer platform. This would grow us. Due to the lapse in time, hon. Speaker, I want to thank you for this opportunity. Kenya is indeed a country of plenty. We must shun the spirit of poverty."
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