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    "id": 183966,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kaino",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Boaz Kipchumba Kaino",
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    "content": "Why did we not recover that money, punish the criminals who took the money, and save Kenyans from catastrophes like the Budalangi one and others in other flooding areas? October 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2741 It is time Government allocated money to the flood-prone areas, so that Kenyans can be saved. We cannot afford to say that we have no solution to this problem. How can you be sick for many years without seeking treatment? There is very little the Government has done about this. This is the truth about it! There is no serious measure that the Government has put in place to help Kenyans who have been suffering for a long time. I am saying this because there is so much money and engineers. The people of Budalangi are still crying 40 years after Independence, yet the Government is still quiet. So, I am suggesting that this time round, the Government should see that the areas with a flooding problem are taken care of and Kenyans rescued from this problem once and for all. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the compensation issue is also a very important one. Those Kenyans have been depending on animals and crops. They have used fertilizers and other inputs on their land, yet at the end of the day, it all goes to waste. Where are they going to get other inputs if every year, they have to go through the same thing? Those Kenyans have to pay school fees and take care of other needs. They not only need to feed themselves, but their children expect to be taken to school. The Government is saying that there is some little money being paid to them. It is high time that this Government woke up! We have Ministers and Permanent Secretaries in Ministries. We also have directors of water. These are educated people; the Government has employed the most educated people in the Ministries, but they just do not care. They do not care about the suffering of other Kenyans. As long as they are okay - those directors come from different areas where this problem does not exist - they do not care. They do not think others are human beings, because the problem does not affect them or their relatives--- This attitude goes against the oath that they took to serve all Kenyans equally. So, I just want to support this Motion; I wish most hon. Members were here to support it and come out strongly to bring this problem in Budalangi and other areas to an end. It is not the first time such a Motion has come here. This may even be the fifth time, because hon. Members come here after every five years and every constituency has its own problems. The people who come from flood-prone areas have this problem. It has removed many hon. Members from this House, because the Government does not take it seriously. So, people have been sent home, not due to their own problems, but because people back at home think that their problems are not seriously considered. Hon. Members have come here, and raised Questions regarding Budalangi and other areas, but the Government does not take this issue seriously. How many times shall we bring those Questions here? How many times shall we also bring Motions of this kind here when the Government is not listening to the voices of the people? Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just want to say that in Kenya, we have the most educated people, as I have said, in the region. We have people who can diagnose this problem, know what to do about it and even fix it. They know how long it will take to fix it, and when the fixing will start? Where are the resources? These people only need to be facilitated! With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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