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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sometimes I wonder whether it is a lack of imagination or passion when you come from a poor background; you can see the suffering of your people; how they struggle to fetch water in jerricans; they have no roads and you decide that these hapless ignorant individuals who were gracious enough to elect you into office, you will raid their pockets by taking away their hard earned cash in terms taxes to enrich yourself. I am speaking generally; I am not referring to the Chair in particular. You do this so that you are seen to be the richest person and that people can generate their prosperity from none other than yourself. That is totally unacceptable. Sometimes when we speak about the lack of prosperity in Africa, we are very keen to blame the West. However, I wish to submit to this august House that just like the colonial state was extractive in nature, the elite that have since occupied the centre have also made it an extractive industry. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have been reading a book about what Lee Kuan Yew was able to do for Singapore. I would like to quote that, „He decided that rather than him becoming rich, that his own country can be among the rich nations.‟ It is a clear story of how a third world country moved to a first world country. Recently, Singapore gave all its citizens a dividend surplus of USD300 each to thank them. If Kenya was able to give each and every Kenyan USD300 – I can see that the President quoted that our currency has stabilized, at about Kshs101 to the USD; that would be about Kshs30,000 – that would mean something. This is because there are so many people who live below the poverty line. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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