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"speaker_name": "Mr. Keter",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have to use the right language, as hon. Midiwo has said. We are proceeding on a recess for two weeks, yet we have not formed the relevant House committees. Who are we waiting for to do this? We have the mandate to do that. For how long are we going to operate without these committees? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have heard hon. Members, and the Mover of this Motion, say that once we go on recess we will have the opportunity of visiting our constituents. We will also have the opportunity to visit various development projects. We have been visiting our constituencies since the elections of 27th December, 2007. Most of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) accounts are not operational, because we do not have the National Management Board of the CDF in place. In the two weeks we should have the parliamentary committee in charge of the CDF in place, so that the names of the board members are forwarded to Parliament for approval. When we say we support the adjournment because we want to go to our constituencies, we are not being fair 412 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 25, 2008 to one another. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, why can we not pass the Bills which are pending? We have very important Bills, which the Ninth Parliament never passed, such as the ICT Bill, which is very important to this country. We are seeing a lot of things in the telecommunications sector, which we thought that the Bill would harmonise. The Mover of the Motion, the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, said that we need to go to our respective constituencies to talk to the people. We have been doing that. The problems people experience vary from one place to the other. In my constituency, for example, we have the IDPs. The IDPs in my area do not like staying in towns; they like staying in homes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, about 100 per cent of the people who were killed in Kericho District, when the post-election violence broke out, were killed by the police, specifically by the OCS in Kericho. When we are being asked to go on a recess, so that we go and talk to the people, are we going to talk to the police who killed our people? We want fairness. We do not want anybody to be left out. Before we go for recess, those police officers should be arrested! I call upon the Commissioner of Police to look into this issue. At the end of the day, he must be held responsible for whatever happens out there in the field. In this case, the OCS in Kericho must be held responsible for whatever happened. If he has a heart for Kenyans, and is mindful of the welfare of Kenyans, he should resign!"
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