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    "id": 969380,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kinangop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Zachary Thuku",
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        "legal_name": "Zachary Kwenya Thuku",
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    "content": "mission because of bad weather. We saw the Deputy President risking his life just to be there with the people, to condole, encourage and give them moral and humanitarian support. As leaders, we need to come back to our senses. That is why I support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) whereby Cabinet Secretaries will come from this House. Members of Parliament (MP) take risks. They go to places where technocrats will never go because they feel it is too risky or people down there do not matter. As I support this Adjournment Motion, as a House, we need to stamp our authority especially in budget-making process. We should ensure that we put our money where it matters. You can imagine the thousands of people who are sleeping outside. I have a case study of a village in Kipipiri in Nyandarua County where people are sleeping outside. This is despite the fact that we have a Government in place that can spend colossal amounts of money on a document called BBI and yet, it cannot allocate the same money to make sure that there is a roof over our people and that they have bread on their table. Something is very wrong in this country and we must fix it as Parliament. We cannot just be fence-sitters who look at things happening because we are too afraid to address them. I miss the days when Members of Parliament were Members of Parliament; where Martin Shikuku would stand for Wanjiku in Butere; where we had Matiba who paid the ultimate price because of the people. That is what this House ought to do. If we fail to do it now, history will judge us harshly. People elected us to represent them but we failed because we wanted to please the masters of the day. We must break from that cocoon and do what we have to do. As I conclude, I wish..."
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