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    "content": "seeking assistance on very basic administrative resources or even infrastructural support for schools and other institutions. It is only that, perhaps, even us as Members of Parliament are not members of this National Coalition because of special circumstance where only one Member of Parliament is in neither of the two partners of Parliamentary Group. Sometimes it is so adversarial we do not want to instill the confidence that we need to give the Kenyan community knowing very well that the country is replete with the potential for rejuvenation and to cause a lot of celebration. On Saturday, despite the loss of our national team; Harambee Stars to the Green Eagles of Nigeria, you could see matatus, trucks, lorries, bicycles and people walking on Thika Road all adorned in our national flag. All were celebrating that, yes, this is our team despite the hiccups and the hurdles that were potentially visible. Therefore, I urge all Members of Parliament, my colleagues, even when they are criticizing the Government, to take opportunity to appreciate that things have been done and they are happening. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. I know issues have been raised about the Volkswagen Passat vehicles. Every Member of Parliament was given Kshs3.3 million to buy a constituency vehicle duty free. Therefore, it does not make any logic. This morning when I was driving along Uhuru Highway, about ten vehicles stopped in the jam opening their windows to just wave at me because I was in my Passat. I went to my constituency last week, and one of the dailies chased me up to Karatina Market just to take a photograph of that Passat. It is not always just the question of exclusive efficiency or effectiveness, it is also a question of image. What image do you want to give Kenyans who are languishing in poverty and who can barely scratch a bare hand for basic minimum survival? We must be honest that in our pool as Ministers, we have vehicles that can take us to Narok. This Friday, I will be in Narok South and on Saturday, I will be in Kilgoris. I know the Ministry will facilitate me. Even on the ground, the District Youth Officers have Four-Wheel vehicles that can penetrate every village in the area you want to serve. Therefore, for the Ministers, my colleagues, who are giving very petty excuses that they are working in this Ministry, they cannot access remote areas; they are playing with the youth of this country. The youth are very patient with them today. Some of these Ministers are those who are hostages and captives of old thinking. They need to change and they need to move on, or those vehicles would be grabbed by the youth in the streets and be taken to the pavement of Treasury. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is important in order to unlock the partnership between the people and the Government, and again I can---"
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