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"speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the distinguished fair lady did not understand me. I did not say that he put nothing in. I said that sometimes, you can put a lot of work into nothing, meaning that you can work very hard, but the end result becomes zero; a product that you cannot market. That is what I meant. In fact, I salute him. The Bill is well drafted only that it has ideas that are unattainable. The Constitution places a premium of responsibility on the State. The State is not there to disrupt the tranquility of families, which is what this Bill is trying to do. I have also gone through the Bill. I wonder how it will be decided who a senior citizen is that deserves to go to those homes. Yesterday, we saw on the news the sharing of the estate of the late Mbiu Koinange. We all know that he was in the first Cabinet, but I have not read anywhere where he was distinguished for being more hardworking than ordinary people or that he was a serious businessman. However, you saw the estate that he had. Any reasonable Kenyan can conclude that his estate is a product of theft. There is no way a person who was a Minister for about 10 years can amass wealth to that magnitude, especially at Independence when the challenge of building a nation was so high. There are many people like him, but the point that I am making is that you will find 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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