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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I want to thank you for granting me the opportunity to contribute on this very important Motion for Adjournment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Tenth Parliament for achieving quite a lot in this country. This House managed to pass 47 Motions and 17 Bills as indicated by the Leader of Government Business. We passed the Bill on Constitution amendment, which is very important. It gives us the road map for the new Constitution. That was very important. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also passed the Motion on the Select Committee that will come up with names of commissioners who will be in charge of the electoral process in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we succeeded in many areas but I must say that we also failed in quite a number. We have not been able to resettle all the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). As we go for Christmas, quite a number of families are still wallowing and suffering in those small tents. I hope that come next year, we will be able to resettle these people within the shortest timeframe possible. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also not been able to do much especially on the issue of food crisis in this country. Food is still expensive. We have had some supplies from the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). However, these supplies have not been distributed to the northern and eastern parts of this country and even some parts of North Rift. We need to do a lot in terms of supplying food to those people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will talk about this pet subject of one man, one vote, that has obsessed leaders from the big tribes in this country. Politicians will actually favour what is good to December 17, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4197 them. I want to say, without fear of contradiction, that those of us who occupy the 78 per cent land mass of this country, are not fully represented. We are not for this idea. We will not oppose the one man, one vote ideology. However, we will give the condition that one square kilometre must also represent a vote. We are not going to relent on this. We will fight for this to the bitter end. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, God blessed the people from high potential areas with big populations and food. In contrast, where we come from, we are very few but we were blessed with land. This land mass must be a very big factor when drawing up the constituency and district boundaries. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say again that we have not done much in terms of fast- tracking the development of infrastructure in this country. I want to commend His Excellency the President who visited Qatar a few weeks ago. We are being told that there is an argument in the offing that will make Lamu one of the best ports in this country. There is also another one near the South Coast called Dongo Kundu. We want Lamu Port to be one of the best ports operating along the line of Dubai because we are being told this will create over one million jobs. Mr. Speaker, Sir, unemployment amongst the young people is nagging as it is still high. As we go into the coming year, we want to come up with concrete policies that will create employment among the young people. If we do not do that, in the next two or three years, we are going to face a revolution in this country just like the people of Thailand did. With those few remarks, I wish all hon. Members a Merry Christmas, happy New Year and may God bless you."
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