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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when the Government fails to contain high levels of poverty, people do harambees. They just do not do it in the standard way. We do harambees every evening as we drive home in the traffic jam, where we have young ladies with three little children who do not have food. So, they come to us in the traffic jams doing harambees from one motorist to the other. We are pooling together to feed the poor of this country because the Government is unable to have a policy on feeding the poor. The Government has failed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, people do harambees because the Government has failed to rein in on corruption and impunity. In fact, to use the words of Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o, harambees feed on corruption. If people think that this is a mere theory, let me give you two things that the President did that were the exact opposite. The first one, which was very commendable is when the President went into an engagement with some foreign country or countries to procure Kshs38 billion worth of medical equipment. That was commendable leadership because what will happen? With this equipment now, the harambees that people used to do in Kakamega and Laikipia counties, for example, so as to have access to radiation therapy, renal dialysis machines 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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