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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the hon. Member listen to me? This is very important for you! A few years ago, Nyanza Province was rated as the worst in terms of HIV/AIDS infection, and actually it was and is still the highest. The number of orphans that we have in that part of the country is huge. Since a lot of money was coming into this country to support areas where the HIV/AIDS was high, somewhere in Thika, people decided that they were infected. Then there was this same data that made a huge number of people from there, have HIV/AIDS infection. Why are our professionals faking data? They should be professional. If they want to become politicians who are comfortable with lying sometimes here and there, let them leave those jobs that they are doing 2946 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 22, 2008 and join us. Some of us, like myself, always like the truth. But a few of us like lies or misleading the country. We always have the word \"misleading\" in this House because some of us mislead the House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this morning there was a very good Motion on the Floor of the House with regard to the constituencies being made districts. It would make planning very easy for this Ministry, other Ministries and the Government in general. This is because instead of planing for districts, constituencies and locations at the same time, let us have one unit for planning. I think using constituencies will be the best, because after all, the money that is doing wonders today is for the constituencies. Other devolved funds like the Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF) could be based on that, even though today they are still based on local authorities. It would help everybody in this country if we did our planning based on constituencies, so that we leave out these others. In fact, even some of those people who are doing nothing in their employment would better be used, if they were incorporated into the planning based on constituencies. They would serve this country more. Planning for development will not work out well if infrastructure is not properly planned for. We will not have faster development if we have the kind of roads that we have in the rural areas. This Ministry should liaise strongly with the Ministry of Roads and plan for good roads in this country. There can be no development without roads. The Ministry should also link up with the Ministry of Transport and rehabilitate the railway line. Today, the railway line is gone. A few people decided to buy it for some little and then decided that the train should not reach certain parts of the country. That is still faking. Let this Ministry link up with other Ministries, so that they plan well for infrastructure. We cannot develop without the railway system and good roads. How shall we transport goods? Today, our President gave a directive to stop trucks with four axles on our roads. But those trucks are the ones which are ferrying heavy goods. If they do not use the roads and we do not have the railway system, how are things going to work? Let us have a railway system that will serve this country for the purpose of development. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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