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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munyes",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Labour",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First of all, I want to take this opportunity to appreciate the role of the Chair and the Panel in this Parliament. I support the Motion for Adjournment because there is a lot to be done by hon. Members for their constituencies. For those of us who are Ministers, we need to get there and ensure that we succeed in our tasks. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the challenge we got this year was very enormous. We have come through all those challenges as a country, but the last few days have shown that this Parliament is a Parliament that wants to take Kenyans forward. I am very optimistic that the new Constitution will be achieved because we have a Grand Coalition Government. Even the Grand Opposition is going to support us this time, so that we can get a new Constitution. This country is enlightened now. There is a big voice from those who elected us. There are demands from wananchi and we must listen to them! I want to say that because of what is happening. High food prices, high fuel prices and many other issues are affecting the citizens of this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say that, for the first time, the Government is responding and even in the Cabinet, the matter of food was discussed and we tried to get the way forward. The fuel prices are coming down. But there is something that compares differently from the way I see Parliament operate. That is how the Executive of this country operates. I am in charge of the Ministry of Labour. I have been in two Ministries before. This is my third Ministry now. For the first time, you undertake reforms in this country and they are not being appreciated because we have lost billions of shillings in this country! In an attempt to clean up that place, we find ourselves in problems; people going to court and those who have been entrenched in this country would not allow us to achieve what we want to achieve. It is a very sorry thing for this country. We are going to lose billions. In fact, we stand to lose a total of Kshs130 billion. Already, Kshs9.6 billion is lost. We stand to lose Kshs19 billion at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). We are all trying to help, but I think a lot is required in this country for all of us to stand up and say no. There are very clever Kenyans who will go to those courts. I do not know what they do to the Judiciary of this country. They will make sure that they have their way. But, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I still want to take this opportunity to tell Kenyans that the clean up process and the reforms in the NSSF are going on. I want to comply with the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) Act to ensure that we transfer the Kshs100 billion to a Fund Manager, so December 17, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4199 that the people who want to take or steal that money do not get that opportunity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to say that the money that is there now is safe. For the purpose of confidence in this country, I want to say that the funds that are there will not be misappropriated again."
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