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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Parliament has gone under substantial reforms. We thank the Speaker and parliamentarians for opening up Parliament to the country and public. We now have live proceedings of debate in this House. This is an event we did not have in the past parliaments. We now have the advantage of having approved the new Standing Orders which are reform oriented in many ways. Therefore, we, as national leaders, need to think outside the box. The baseline is that you must know your country. You must know the country called Kenya because you do not represent only one constituency. You represent the entire country by virtue of having achieved membership of this National Assembly. We have, indeed, moved outside Nairobi. We have been to the Coast Province which has become a very common destination for parliamentarians. Any time we want to travel out of Nairobi, the only place we think of is Mombasa. Perhaps, Mombasa has the necessary facilities, so to speak. In the traditional setting, this House can be translated to mean a council of elders for this country. It is a reflection of what the traditional societies will do in order to discuss and determine how to behave in certain ways or relate to each other. There is nothing wrong if, for instance, we have a sitting in North Eastern Province. We can have a sitting of parliament in Wajir to understand the culture of the people, delicacies and how they live. Thirdly, we can appreciate the challenges they face on daily basis. One of the things you would encounter, if we had a sitting in Wajir, is what the people of Wajir go through on daily basis which has come to this Floor many times. This is the use of bucket latrines to discharge human waste. Members will have a wonderful experience of what people there go through on daily basis. The sewer system is bad. Therefore, when we ask a parliamentary question in regard to a situation like that, the Minister and the Permanent Secretary have never been there. They have no idea. So, the Minister relies on information from his field officers and no action is taken. How then do you create a united country and expect people to feel that they are part and parcel of the political, social economic development of the country?"
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