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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyambati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Walter Enock Osebe Nyambati",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to also contribute on the President’s Address to this august House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to start by saying that the Grand Coalition Government has not done service to this country. It looks more like an Opposition. We need to ensure that the Grand Coalition Government works. I want to take it from where the Prime Minister left when he said that we must make compromises and we must give and take. It is extremely important that this Grand Coalition Government is not seen like one competing for positions of power but rather as a Government which has the interest of this nation at heart. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are many things that we, as a nation and a House, must address. There is the issue of the Constitution, which we must attend to. This House must address urgent issues like that of the Constitution. We have put in place the Committee of Experts which has to look into the Constitution amendment. We must support them. We must stop wrangling and start work as a House and as a Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, there are many issues that we must address in this country. These issues were covered by the President's Address. One of them is the issue of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). It is a shame that even as I speak at this point in time, we still have IDPs in the country. They are so many and yet we are fighting over power and positions. This must not be seen to be happening. We must address the issues affecting our country. I know I have IDPs in my constituency and they are suffering. We need to address issues affecting this country and our people. These issues must take priority over other issues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of IDPs, as I have said, brings shame to this country because more than a year down the line, our people are still languishing in areas where they should not be. We must help them. I want to urge those in power, including Members of Parliament, Ministers and all those who hold positions of power, to ensure that we fight for those basic needs for the society. We must give our people hope. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are many other issues which have been addressed in this House like the issue of insecurity. By now, we must ensure that we have security in this country. Issues of Mungiki, Amachuma and others, must not be there. We must not brand an entire community Mungiki, Chinkororo or whatever. We need to ensure that we have security in this country. Those who go wrong should be arrested and charged as people who commit crimes as opposed to branding them names. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is also the issue of unemployment. The Kazi Kwa Vijana initiative which was recently launched by the leadership must be a serious programme. We do not want to talk about things which do not happen. Where I come from, the KaziKwa Vijana programme is not there. I wonder whether it is being seen in one part of the country and not others. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of food security in this country is paramount. Almost 50 years since Independence, we are not self sufficient in food. There is no food security in this country. We have a lot of water, some of which kills people in Budalangi. We should harvest this water and make sure we use it for the purpose of food production. We have areas like Ukambani, which have big chunks of land which we should use to ensure"
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