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    "speaker_name": "Suna West",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Masara",
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    "content": "question, however, is: Is the money allocated for secondary school students enough as per the current situation? Something has to be done about it. We also need to do something on the price of unga . Currently, it is trading at Kshs200 plus. School principals are buying maize from the same market but the capitation allocation, which was done 10 years ago, still remains constant. Are we doing favour and justice to these schools and students or we are losing it? As legislators, I believe we can do something to salvage this country. I want to talk about the KRA issue that was mentioned world over. I have been doing some small research world over and there is no friendly tax collector. A tax collector is always one. The best thing that can be done is to come up with good policies where those who are paying tax can see or feel value for it; and by doing so, nobody will complain about it. We need to see good roads, hospitals and salary increments. On the issue of security, what are we doing for our people who are not secured? Are we increasing the number of vehicles for police officers? Are we increasing the salaries for men and women in uniform? Are we jailing criminals or letting them go scot-free? Our courts should do something about the people responsible for insecurity in this country. Finally, I congratulate each and every Member of this 13th Parliament for being elected. I remind them that as we are now being celebrated, we will become the enemies of the public the next day if we do not meet their expectations. We need to do things which we will be remembered for, whether in this House or out there. We must develop our people to an extent that even when you are no longer in Parliament, people talk about you. That way, people will remember you many years after you exit the position of leadership. I thank my ODM party and my leader Hon. Rt. Raila Amollo Odinga for giving me an opportunity to serve the people of Suna West as an elected Member through his party. The last time I was in this House as an Independent Member of Parliament, I faced so many challenges. I pray that the current Independent Members do not face the same. We need to strengthen our parties so that democracy can prevail in this country. We need people like Hon. Rt. Raila Amollo Odinga to be respected and given opportunity as the few statesmen we have in Africa today. As we are about to talk about Azimio la Umoja and Kenya Kwanza, we must know that there are people who contributed to the liberation we are enjoying today. Sometime back, there were areas which could not develop themselves because there was no devolution. Some people died because of fighting for devolution. If I recall, someone like Dr. Odhiambo Mbai was killed because he was agitating and fighting for the people of Kenya to be liberated for the second time. Nobody was mentioned as a candidate for the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. That worries me because I was the last Mayor of Migori, and I know what devolution can do. Something, therefore, needs to be done so that we have a powerful Minister to head the Ministry of Devolution and Planning so that we can strengthen our devolved units for people to get services irrespective of whether they are in or out of Government. Thank you for giving me the opportunity."
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