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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for this opportunity; I rise to support this Motion for adjournment. As we adjourn, I would wish that we remember the predicament that were were in early this year, that is in January and February. I come from one of the areas that really suffered during the post-election violence. As we break for recess, I want to join my colleagues who have requested a firm action for the people who are still living as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). I want to thank the Government because it has really tried to resettle some of them, but it is true that some people are still living in those conditions. I would wish that our brief stay at home should be utilised to preach peace, as Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry said. I want to thank my people and Kenyans for the role that they have played in restoring peace in this country. You will recall that without the support and participation of all of us, as hon. Members, our citizens would not have salvaged the situation that we had got ourselves into. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are various attempts that have been made to streamline policies and strategies that have been directed towards assisting our people to move from the problems that we have like poverty, disease and lack of food, which is now the biggest debate in our country. I also want to highlight the plight of farmers. When farmers were planting earlier during the year, the situation was very difficult, because the cost of inputs was very high. While we thank the Government for stepping in to subsidise the cost of food; I would like to urge the same Government to think of subsidising the cost of inputs used by farmers. This holiday will find us at home. For most of the farms that we have, the holiday period is going to usher in the planting season of the coming year. I would like to ask the Government to deal with the issue of the rising cost of fertiliser and seeds. I want to ask the Government to specifically deal with the issue of the rising cost of fertilizer, seeds and ploughing as a result of cost of diesel. 4210 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 17, 2008 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I come from a place with enormous deposits of limestone. As we talk about industrialization, Kunyat area has deposits to the tune of 68 million tonnes. This is enough to sustain a cement factory. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to the study conducted by the Department of Mines and Geology in the area, there are deposits of limestone in parts of Kipkelion and Muhoroni Constituency also has deposits of phosphorus. I would like to urge the Government to identify partners who will help us exploit some of these deposits that we have within our constituencies. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is possible for us to have a cement factory some where in Kipkelion. When we produce cement, the extracts which include phosphorus will give us an opportunity to have phosphatic fertilizers. That will go a long way to help farmers get affordable fertilizer instead of importing fertilizer. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the youth because they have participated very seriously and wholly in terms of charting their own course. The Government has tried its best to channel funds in the name of Youth Enterprise Development Fund. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you look at the funds the Government is devolving to, say, groups of women, youth and the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) in which I sit, it is in excess of Kshs100 billion. I would like to say that it is in order for us, as the Government, to create an opportunity--- Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can see my time is over. I beg to support."
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