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    "id": 947395,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947395/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, considering the seriousness of the Statement by the Deputy Senate Minority Leader, is it possible that the Committee will not just exercise discretion, but come back to this House with a proper Motion on how we can address this issue? We, as the Senate, cannot continue burying our heads in the sand when this country is slowly sliding into economic depression and unemployment of a magnitude that is unprecedented. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, being the politicians we are in this country, we are confronted with so many Curriculum Vitae (CVs) across the country of Kenyans looking for jobs anywhere. People will not listen if I say that I am just a Senator, a MCA or a Member of National Assembly. They want an answer from the Government on how to grow the economy and sort out this unemployment issue. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether I am in order to request that you extend your discretion to an extent of this Committee being required to come with a proper Motion. We want to address these issues widely and give our suggestions on what could be done to alleviate the situation. There is a paradox; we are currently talking about the Big Four Agenda, which includes manufacturing. If the Statement by the Deputy Senate Minority Leader is anything to go by, and what we have read in the media, businesses are closing. Factories are being closed. They are being raided by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and business people arrested. People are being run out of business. The complaint across the country is that institutions of Government that are oversighting various issues, whether it is standards or taxes, are actually contributing to closure of these businesses. As I said, we cannot continue burying our heads in the sand. Secondly, it is a paradox that the economy is performing worse when there is a ‘handshake’ than the time when we had proper political oversight. It is possible that those of us who are in the Government side have slept on the job because there is no proper oversight---"
}