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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, you are a lawyer, and you know that we have over-legislated over the years. We do not even need some of these legislations. We only need a proper policy pronouncement at the level of the Cabinet Secretary and those who are in charge of that particular sector. Once that is done, we will save our farmers. I am a camel herder. The only source of export for my camels is either through Djibouti, Ethiopia or Somalia. What has happened to the camel market here is simply because particular cartels do not want it to flourish just like they killed Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) and Mumias Sugar Company. They do not want any sector to grow and that is their business. However, that is not our business as the elected people of Kenya. Our business is to represent our people in every aspect. We have failed miserably as Members of Parliament. It is high time we interrogate issues instead of just being used as a conveyor belt. We pass many things, but what is the end result? This country was once a promising nation that was almost at the age of joining the league of developing nations. Today, we have introduced a struggling nation. The only news that comes out of this country is bad. Is that in our interest during our time as the leaders who have been entrusted with the leadership of this country pursuant to Article 1 of the Constitution? It is high time Members of Parliament went back to the drawing board. Every sector in this country is on the path to failure. Whose responsibility is it? It is our responsibility because to be an elected Member of Parliament and a representative of the people is the most sought-after job. It is also the most lucrative by extension. It is high time we put aside our privileges and said, whatever we have been doing has not been adding value to the well-being of the people of Kenya. We want to start with the sugar cartels. I want to volunteer and join you in reducing their influence and eradicating their presence to make sure that the sugar cane farmers are freed from those cartels. Show us since we are still struggling. It has been 60 years since Independence but, I am still struggling to have the first kilometre of tarmac road in my constituency. At times, I see things like Affirmative Action and I wonder. You need to empathise with us. We have been around. We got our Independence in August 2010, when the 2010 Constitution was promulgated. I am not joking because that is the truth. I want to tell my friend, the Mover of this Motion that we have heard you. The message is loud and clear and it has been there since Independent. But this is not what we require. Let us 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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