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    "content": "It is about the divide between the haves and have-nots. People are watching us and asking: “What are our leaders doing or is it that the lives of the poor are worth nothing?” We cannot have people becoming gods because they have money and the poor are just beggars. I am surprised that we are still debating this issue and nobody has been arraigned in court. Even where the cases are in court, we are surprised that the speed with which they are moving is very slow. I do not want to belabour the details of the Report. The Report and the recommendations are very clear. These are some of the issues that we need to deal with. The different sectors, including forestry, land, education and health are facing problems because of faceless people who are actually loading over the rest and nobody is doing anything. This House has stood up and investigated this case and the rot. We are told of situations, within the observations, where millions of shillings have been given to shut everybody down. Millions of shillings have been given by the county administration and other people within Government to have the people of Solai sign some documents and shut up. This is unacceptable and this House must not be part of that rot. I am told that there is a committee somewhere that went to have a meeting in the house of Mr. Perry Mansukh. Who does that? My question is: Will this House ensure that the recommendations in this Committee Report are supported by this House? Will everybody that is responsible for the loss of lives--- What this will serve to do is to give notice and bring to book the perpetrators and account for the rot that is happening in all the sectors in our country. Look at what is happening to our forests, land that is being grabbed left, right and centre, and the education system. What is it that is left? Madam Temporary Speaker, even as people campaign to become leaders in this country, what are they going to preside over? Will they preside over dead bodies? I am very saddened and the sadness that I speak of is actually one that shows a near collapse of our country. I am aware, for instance, that our National Treasury is broke. They give us excuses about the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) and the timeline of end of August, but the truth of the matter – and I have raised this in this House before – is that the country’s debt is out of control and we do not have money. As a country, we are broke, even if we do not want to admit it. Given that our institutions are not working, what is it that we are campaigning to preside over? As leaders, we must change this otherwise history will judge us harshly. We have a political and moral responsibility, but more importantly, we are employed to do this. We have a responsibility to do our jobs, namely, to speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves, represent those who brought us to this House, oversight as per the mandate that was given to us in Article 96 of our Constitution and make sure that we mitigate against presiding over a country that is coming to a standstill because of the impunity that is going on in every sector. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Solai Dam tragedy is just a tip of the iceberg in every sector that we have in this country. We have no country to preside over, even for those of us who are very happy to be sitting here as leaders. What kind of leadership are we offering in this country? In any crisis or problem there are aggressors. Mr. Perry Mansukh has been an aggressor. However, worse than the aggressor, are the people who 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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