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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank Mr. Namwamba for bringing this Motion. I also wish to thank the Minister for the proper attitude that Ministers do not have the monopoly of wisdom or issues. Definitely, sometimes, they are wanting in facts. The Floor of this House provides them with an opportunity to be informed. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not know why Members of Parliament bring issues here, and the Government says that they should not be emotional. How can you not be emotional when your people are dying every year since 2000? We always talk about floods in Budalangi and Kano as if there is no Government in place. This Motion is about accountability. It is about the state of preparedness and compensation. For how long shall a country keep on crying and burying its people because they die due to a situation that is so perennial, annual and seasonal? Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, intelligence and wisdom dictates that, for the first time when you are stuck in a problem, that problem should not cause the same havoc in subsequent years. That is because you must have learnt from the very first episode. This House is urging this Government that is formed by the people of the Republic of Kenya that there are certain areas in this country, particularly Budalangi and Kano--- We cannot talk about other areas including Turkana but, for now, the Kenyan people of Budalangi are bonafide citizens. The Government October 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2751 operates everywhere. Now, they are talking about the riparian vegetation along the river. Those are our lands. You cannot just argue that, because you are a few metres away from the river, you cannot grow your crops. It is not the responsibility of Members of Parliament to do that. The Government has officers on the ground. There is a water engineer there. The Government has a responsibility to organise and co-ordinate development activities. Definitely, the Member of Parliament will be more than willing to assist. But we are not going to take the responsibility of the Executive. We will give them ideas and will be available for meetings. The first responsibility should be provided by the Government. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have a nation like the Netherlands--- With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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