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    "id": 603061,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. First, I thank Sen. Hassan for being innovative enough to come up with this Bill on economic and social rights. This is an area that has previously not been emphasized. Although we have been having many policies by the Government on how to improve the economic and social welfare of our people, we have never had a framework legally or an institution to ensure the implementation of the desired goals. This Bill seeks to bring that framework and institution to oversee the realization of the economic and social right. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to repeat what the social and economic rights are because they are in the Constitution. We have not had a mechanism to ensure that those rights are realised. This Bill has come at the right time. Its success will depend on a few areas that we should ensure fare properly implemented. We know that social rights cannot be achieved overnight or even in 50 years because parameters change often according to the global situation. However, what we are talking about in this Bill are the basic rights. We all know for many years, this country has been crafting development visions but what have we realised so far? Those are just statements. There is some progress with regard to electricity connection to schools. How do we measure all the promises we have been making to our people in the various policy statements and plans? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill is a vehicle with which we shall drive towards the realisation of Vision 2030. There are very important issues that must be tackled on the issue of statistics. We should ensure that we have up-to-date statistics of the welfare and economy of our people. Currently, statistics are centralized. They are based on national figures. We have since devolved, but it seems that the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has not devolved. We cannot tell the economic statistics 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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