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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Pesa",
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        "legal_name": "John Dache Pesa",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am not insinuating that they should not keep law and order but what I am saying is that they should be humane enough so that they can give those people a time limit within which to get the licence. Sorry, Mr. Assistant Minister! Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am talking about employment in this country. It is not only the youth but most Kenyans have that problem. Without the expansion of our economy, we shall not go over those problems. So, the Government must make sure that they do a lot to improve the economy. We expect Ministers not to be locational Ministers but Government Ministers. By that I mean that the Ministers should actually move around the country and inspect what goes on in all corners of Kenya. I want to thank the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Samoei for what he started doing during the last Session. He visited quite a number of places in Kenya. We heard reports about that. He also came to Migori and I can assure this House that there is a lot of change after he talked to farmers in that area. So, we expect other Ministers to move around and see for themselves the problems that Kenyans are facing. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, our education system has a lot of problems. We know that education is the pillar for development. Everybody here has gone through school. We are being told here that there is no money to enable the Ministry staff our schools adequately. That is a problem. Since I came to this House, I have never heard the Minister for Finance asking for funds even from outside the country to ensure that employment of teachers is done properly. In fact, in most areas, like my area, a primary school has about four or five teachers. So, how do you expect four or five teachers to serve a population of about 300 pupils or more? The Ministries of Education and Finance should do their best to make sure that we get funds. Usually those funds are approved in this Parliament but they have not been serious enough to come to this Parliament with proposals which Members can debate, so that our schools are properly equipped and staffed. Our educational standards are going down and if we cannot do much now, then we are not going to develop this country because without proper training of manpower and education we cannot go far. That is an area that the Government should take action upon, urgently."
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