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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no need for us to put more money in the Judiciary in order to increase Judges’ salaries, whereas the magistrates and people who do the bulk of the work; clerical staff and the rest, have not had their salaries increased. They have extremely saddening pay slips that as a country, we should not expect the people earning those kinds of salaries to give improved Judicial services. The funds for reforms need to be earmarked for the police force and Judicial staff so that we can improve security and Judicial systems. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a road I have been talking about for the last seven Budgets. However, it was not included in this Budget. That is the road that was also mentioned by Mr. Jirongo. It is the portion of the road between Merile and Moyale. Kenya was given the same funds as the Government of Ethiopia. However, the road from Addis Ababa to Moyale in Ethiopia was finished 20 years ago. It is now being recarpetted. In addition to that, the business from Ethiopia that goes through Mombasa would only be cost -effective if that road was done. Kenya should be looking at Ethiopia as a market. Ethiopia and Somalia cannot be compared in terms of market; there are 80 million people in Ethiopia. That, therefore, is a much bigger market than that of Modogashe Road that is going to attract a population of less than 10 million people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to urge the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in his discussions with development partners to prioritize the remaining portion of the Moyale-Isiolo Road so that we can tap into that 70 million population on the other side. I would like to talk about the issue of vehicles with the engine capacity of 1,800cc. The Members of the Cabinet who have appeared on television declaring that they need those vehicles to go to their rural home or to do out of town work should know that the work they are doing outside in these areas can be done using four-wheel vehicles within the provinces. They do not need to maintain the 3,500 cc Mercedes Benz cars that only give them an image around town. This has been done in Rwanda and Eritrea. The police should confiscate any of those vehicles which may be used after the end of this month. That is how it was done in Rwanda and it was very efficient. That is the only way we can be seen to be very serious and sympathetic to the situation of Kenyans. As hon. Jirongo said, we got the Kshs3.3 million grant for purchase of vehicles. You can go where you want. All you need is to give up these Mercedes Benz cars that I am told are intended to equalize the financial base of the Ministers. I do not think that is a good enough reason to deal with that issue. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance talked about the need for environmental conservation and the fact that natural resources are closely linked to all our economic basis, agriculture, tourism and the rest. For that reason, I want to say that we need to think outside the box as the Ministry of Environment. Every Member of this House last week spoke about the need to conserve the Mau Forest. However, there is one important aspect that is hindering us from moving forward on this important matter; that is the fact that the technocrats who are advising the two principals are still having an old mindset about conservation. When they talk about conservation, they actually are talking about protection. They mean that we should protect the environment and leave it hivyohivyo as the former President used to say. Conservation has moved on where human beings and natural resources can interact in such a manner that is beneficial. Whereas we are talking about evicting people from the Mau Complex, why can we not place a tree"
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