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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyonka",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
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    "content": "I believe the way we behave politically influences our tourism, economics and the mood of the country. Kenya is a country that is respected and known officially to be the hub of East and Central Africa. At one time, we used to be known as the country that was peaceful without any problem. You know that we no longer have that advantage. We must bring confidence back with the international community. We must make sure that Kenyans live together happily and that the structures which have been put in place, trying to bring up reforms are effected efficiently and quickly. We must make sure that the police service and the Judiciary are working and are less corrupt. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also hope that Parliament will live up to its name and make sure that we deal with issues which are critical and forget this issue whereby we are driving ourselves back into our tribal cocoons. You will find that when an individual is asked to be answerable to certain issues which could be going wrong in his Ministry or department, then we say our community is being finished. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are complaints about how files are being kept at the Ministry of Lands. We need to computerize the Ministry of Lands so that we have databases which are solid and can be protected. This will ensure that if you need to find out who owns which piece of land and which property and whether they have been paying taxes, all you need to do is to type some information into a computer and you can know that. As you are aware, our country has got those cartels which would not want the Ministry of Lands to be computerized because you would know how much property they own. We have got a problem with the Judiciary where cases cannot be computerized because if justice is to be served, it needs to be served quickly and effectively. That is not happening simply because most individuals do not want data to come out to show how cases are running, who has got which case and how long it is taking the Government to handle some of these cases. I believe that the Ministry of Education needs to perform better. I hope that the examination results which have come out will make many of us, as MPs and leaders, to come up with solutions which will ensure that students at the grassroot levels are able to perform so that they can compete with schools in urban areas. The truth and reality is that the speech the President gave made sense. It actually gave the true position of the state of the nation. In his Address, I will agree with my colleagues that what is most important right now is for us to fix our house. If we do not fix this house, Kenya will be rated as one of the failed states in Africa and obviously, it will be very difficult for people like me who are constantly engaged with the international community to come out and defend our position pertaining to the mistakes and messes which we are creating within our country. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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