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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Waititu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinand Ndung'u Waititu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I would like to thank the Almighty God for having seen us through the whole of this year. The reconciliation spirit in the country has increased so much. It is my sincere hope that Members of Parliament who are going to their constituencies will encourage their people to be more accommodating. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and Members of the Chairman's Panel for the way they have served this House in a non-partisan way. I appreciate the fact that even though I am a new Member, I have been able to contribute to some business in this House. The path to a new Constitution which we have just laid is a very positive thing to this country. This is a chance for the Members of Parliament to enhance their integrity. The way we handle the appointment of commissioners will either lower or enhance our integrity before Kenyans. Someone mentioned that some of the vacancies in the Commission should be advertised so that Kenyans can see transparency in the handling of the whole process. With regard to review of boundaries, there must be great consultations. Whatever conclusion that they come up with must be as a result of views given by constituents in a given constituency. We know that bursary money and CDF money is distributed to constituencies to benefit individuals. In whichever way we review the boundaries of our constituencies, we must consider the population. This is because money will go to individuals. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that we are going for a long recess. We are also approaching Christmas. Since last week, there has been a spate of demolitions going on in Eastlands which is spearheaded by the Nairobi City Council. I urge the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government to stop those demolitions immediately. It is the poor people who are affected. At this time during the Christmas festivities, we need to give them hope instead of moving bulldozers early in the morning to demolish whatever they have in life. Security has been greatly increased in Eastlands and I commend the police for what they are doing. I hope that the same will continue during this Christmas holiday. Water has been a major problem and I hope the Minister in charge will do something so that the people will enjoy Christmas without having to walk long distances to look for water. We are going to be in recess at the time schools will be opening in the new year. Most people expect us to give them bursaries. It is my sincere hope that the Minister for Finance will release bursary money immediately so that we can give it to our people. The CDF money for 2008/2009 for some of the constituencies has not been dispatched yet. It is my sincere hope that it will be dispatched immediately so that we can go out there to continue with the development projects that we started. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some Ministries have started projects in our constituencies without consulting the local people. We hope that all Ministries that intend to start projects in Embakasi will consult me. I am present and I am in charge. They should come and consult me, the councillors and other local leaders there so that we can go all together without any confrontation. I beg to support."
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