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    "id": 726801,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/726801/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1007,
        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
        "slug": "christine-oduor-ombaka"
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    "content": "Africa happen in Kenya. That means that Kenya is a very violent society that has no respect for peace, love and caring for each other. If the police system, which is supposed to protect us, is actually killing people, then we have lost the kind of values that we should have. We really are unsafe. We are people who discriminate against each other. There is no nationhood among us. There are no values that we admire in our country because we are not a united nation where people speak for each other. We bring down one another. We play politics of kumalizana and that kind of thing where you must attack and bring down somebody. There is no love and unity that we used to see when we were little children. Those days, the leaders brought the nation together, but today, leaders are fighting in public. They abuse each other. Leaders are accused of corruption and killing. What sort of values are these if we are going to promote our national values and principles for good governance that we speak about? The country is polluted with so much violence and stealing. That is why we cannot forget the many corruption deals that we have seen in the past. We have the National Youth Service (NYS) corruption deals, the Eurobond and many others and we do not see anybody taking action against the culprits of these economic crimes. Names are mentioned, but there is no system that deals with these problems. Economic crimes should be acted upon. We have laws that should arrest, investigate, imprison and punish criminals that are involved in various forms of crimes, but the system seems to be failing because we are getting more disappointed that there is no action being taken. This means that we do not have systems or institutions that can arrest some of these behaviours such that we can talk of values. We really do not have values. Look at what is happening. Doctors have been on strike for more than 80 days. People are dying. They are sick. In yesterday’s newspapers, you saw children dying yet nobody is taking any action. Nobody is sympathetic to what is happening and no action is being taken by the various institutions to ensure that the problem of doctors is sorted out. We should have a system to deal with these evils. We just watch helplessly as people steal money for children, people living with disabilities, women and the youth. We must emphasise the areas that require proper values. What values do we have when we watch children die, when children and women are raped in the streets, when boys and girls do not have proper education and are jobless? What are we doing as a nation? What are our values about education? Why do we have so many children dropping out of school? What are we doing about that? These are the values that I cherish. These are the things that I feel must be addressed. We are talking about an education system that should bring in certain values, but within the school system, you find teachers not being paid and children going hungry and we are talking about good education. What is good education when children go without eating? We must talk about values that can sustain human nature and keep us alive to enjoy human life. We are not enjoying anything. We are sick all the time and the doctors are not there. We are going to school, but the teachers are not there. We are looking for jobs, but there is joblessness. What values are we talking about? I am looking for ways in which Kenya will have values. We really do not. Nobody is leading this nation towards these values. We talk loudly every day in newspapers and television, but the language we use does not promote friendship, love or living together as a nation."
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