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"content": "No one can ignore the impact of NG-CDF in this country. I saw governors saying they want to issue bursaries. I urge senators, even as they ask for SOF, to define their role clearly. What is their oversight function and what is the Fund for? We went through a rigorous process. I remember Hon. Nyokabi and Hon. Kajuju, who were in this House and helped us to come up with NGAAF. When we talk about SOF, I am lost on how it will be administered. The Bill suggests that there will be legislation from the House. It is important that senators sit down and think about the Fund, so that it may benefit the people. When we say ‘oversight,’ I do not know whether they will be holding meetings. Right now, and this is my own opinion, the Senate is doing very badly. Nairobi County, for example, gets almost Ksh18 billion to Ksh20 billion from the national Government. In addition, it collects almost Ksh100 million per day but when we look at development, we do not know what happens in Nairobi. There is raw sewage flowing and streets like Kiambu Road have not had street lights for the last six months. It is dark. One wonders what the Senator of Nairobi City County does. Senators need to oversee counties. We know there is a lot of money that is lost in counties, but the Senate is busy summoning Cabinet Secretaries from the national Government. Sometimes, I feel the Senate should have been the House of Lords, consisting of people who have served the nation with integrity and experts in various sectors such as finance, agriculture, and professors in education. Such people should be in the Senate so that they can advise this House and the Government without competing with this House. Senators fight governors because they want to become governors It is also a pity because we also have people who have been governors for two terms becoming Senators and others becoming Members of Parliament. It is ridiculous. We need to look at this position. When somebody gets to the level of a governor, they should become either a cabinet secretary or a president, but not a senator or a member of the national assembly. It is just good mannerism and for the purpose of neatness. As I support this Bill, NG-CDF has been managed well and, therefore, it has really helped. We still have schools even today that do not have classes. Members of Parliament from such regions need to prioritise and make sure no child in this day, age and era is in an inconducive classroom or in a school without toilets. Some pupils and students study under trees. As I support, I urge Members of Parliament to make sure that even if there is a fund manager, they be in touch by going to the ground in order to be aware of where the money is spent. We would have discussed this Bill and maybe passed it yesterday because it is very important. We had to adjourn the House in the afternoon because of the unrest that we had in this town. As I sat in my house - and that is why I am donning the Kenyan flag today- my heart cried for this nation and for our young people. I would like to thank the Gen. Zs who came peacefully, gave their message and left. We cannot bury our heads in the sand because we know there was an organised group also. As politicians, we must take up the blame. We are the financiers. Those people know themselves. We might not mention names, but we have a conscience as we sit in the House. We saw businesses of innocent Kenyans whom some people purport to take to Canaan being vandalised. I saw a lady crying and asking God what she has done wrong because her shop was broken into and everything was stolen. Those small shops owners at River Road, Kamukunji, and Nyamakima are innocent traders who take loans. They then go and get a few things from China or Dubai and come to sell. Some buy from a wholesale shop to go and sell. Then there is somebody who is seated somewhere in a house who actually sleeps knowing they will send goons to vandalise shops. It is a shame. Whether we say it is political or not, but whatever it is, one cannot be so selfish that it is about them. One can even burn this nation because of their selfish interests. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Sabina Chege",
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"content": "Yesterday at 9.00 p.m, I talked on phone to a young lady who used to work in my office. She went to work in the morning and had to walk for three hours going home because there were no matatus and boda bodas . She was saved by a whisker by a man who held her hand. There were gangs on Thika Road that were raping women and girls. Many women were raped and many shops were vandalised. When the gangs left town, they went to where they came from. As late as midnight, in Dagoretti Corner, people were breaking into shops and small supermarkets such as Kasmatt. It is a sad affair. In Nyeri, I watched people shamelessly arrive on motorbikes. It is not very hard for the security agencies to know who hired those motorbikes. Those people wanted to break into Kieni Supermarket, which is owned by one of our own. When the police arrived, they moved to Naivas Supermarket. They were carrying a whole refrigerator on their backs. Seats were tied to motorbikes and stolen. The beauty of social media is that people posted videos. I hope the police will use those videos to get those people. My colleague, the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, Hon. Kimani, was attacked at his home last year. His house was vandalised and his cows stolen. However, one guy did not know that it was a grade cow that required to be fed in a certain way. He took the cow to his house. He did not know what to do with the cow and, by the time he was discovered, the cow was in his sitting room. He could neither take it outside nor feed it. That is the reality. I thank Mhe. Kimani because he forgave them when they were arrested. At some point, you have to say: ‘‘God forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.’’"
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"content": "I was in the Azimio Coalition. When the time came for people to go to the streets, I personally chose peace and refused to participate. However, I have never seen Azimio supporters going to the streets to vandalise property or steal from their own. They may have thrown stones here and there, but I have never seen them raping their mothers."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": " Hon. Sabina Chege, how much more time do you need?"
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"content": "(Hon. Sabina Chege spoke off the record)"
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"content": " Add her five minutes."
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"content": " Five minutes are okay, Hon. Temporary Speaker. However, I do not want to be interrupted because that would disrupt my line of thought. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have had demonstrations before, but we have never heard of people raping their own mothers and sisters. Yesterday was a sad day for me as a mother. Today, I woke up and decided to don the national flag and pray for my nation. A time comes when you say: ‘‘Come, let us reason together.’’ Our young people, the Gen. Zs, are our children. They may have something they wish to say. We can have a national conversation that starts at the ward level, where the young people can get a forum to express themselves. The same can be done at the constituency level, not necessarily with Members of Parliament, especially if they feel they cannot trust us but, possibly, with professionals available at every village or constituency. I tell our young people: ‘‘No pain, no gain.’’ If they do not want to sweat or get tired but choose to sit in the house, a time will come when they will be required to offer themselves. I come from Kinyona Village in Murang’a County. I came to Nairobi City for the first time after I cleared Form IV. I started off as a house girl because I had picked tea from November to February that year and felt I did not want to pick tea again. I came to Nairobi to seek greener pastures and that is how I became a house girl. From there, I went into acting. I once heard a girl say that nowadays, you knock doors where you are known because that is the only way to get opportunities. I wish to remember the Late Kibwana Onguso, who did not know me. He was Luo, not Kikuyu. I went to the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and asked The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "to see those behind the Tausi programme. The only experience I had was from my high school acting days, where I was the best actress in Central Kenya. I used to act and sing, and that is how I got my first foot in the media, acting in a local TV programme. From there, I moved into radio, did my first degree in education, then a master’s in communications. I now hold a PhD. It has not been easy. We need to tell our children that it is not easy. To the parents, I understand that we give our children freedom and allow them to venture out, but let us also speak and pray for them because charity begins at home. As I have said, many Gen. Zs showed up, delivered their message and went home. I congratulate them."
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"content": "(The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) spoke off the record)"
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"content": "It is true, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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