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    "id": 960919,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Linturi is seated next to me, but I have a totally contrary opinion from that Statement. We are living at a time, in our country, where majority of Kenyans are struggling even to just eke out a living. Where those projects have started, let them be completed. But leadership in this time and day in our country--- The other day, I saw in Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital as case where a family lost a member because of Kshs1,950. We are talking about schools. I saw a school in Kinango, where children do not even have desks, yet we want to give a ceiling of Kshs150 million for a deputy governor to have a house, Kshs200 million for a governor to have a house, a speaker, and tomorrow, it will be Senators. The ceiling for those who have not started these projects should be zero. We need to start feeling what other Kenyans are feeling. We cannot say that a county has gone up to 40 or 50 per cent completion of a governor’s or deputy governor’s house, yet they have not built a single infrastructure project for the people that we serve. We must change and refresh our thinking. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that it has been happening even in the last Senate and now. However, we cannot keep doing the wrong thing and expect different results. I would propose an amendment to the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget on this; that the projects which are already started be completed at the lowest cost possible, so that we do not incur litigation. We should then put a freeze on construction of residences for individuals until our economy is in a state where we can afford and say proudly to our people that we have built a house for their governor for Kshs200 million, a deputy governor for kshs150 million, the Senator, et cetera. For now, we cannot afford it as a country."
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