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    "id": 197085,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Gaichuhie",
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        "legal_name": "Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, once again, my names are Nelson Gaichuhie, Member of Parliament for Subukia Constituency. I want to support the Motion of Adjournment though I would like to ask this House that, as we adjourn, we should think about the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are suffering. In my area, the rains are now falling and the tents in which most of the IDPs are living in are no longer homes. They are in a pathetic shape. Winds are blowing the tents and diseases are now cropping up. These people are really suffering. Their plight should be looked into so that when we reconvene, we should have them resettled comfortably in their homes. I would like to talk about agriculture. Now that there is rain, farmers have tilled their land and they are hoping that the price of fertilisers--- The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs talked about fertilisers and we hope that their prices will reduce so that farmers can continue farming. March 25, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 413 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we always talk of the gap between the rich and the poor. In my own view, I have found out that most of these rich people we always talk about gained their riches through corruption. Therefore, if we do not look into this vice, the gap between the rich and the poor will continue to increase. I would like this honourable House to continue looking into ways and means of ensuring that corruption is not given a place in this country of ours. The roads in the rural areas are in a pathetic shape. Now that the rains are here, they are going to damage the roads further. If we do not fund the construction of the rural roads, I do not think they will be passable after the long rains. I, therefore, want the Government to increase the fund for rural roads. That way, farmers will have good roads that will enable them take their produce to markets. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we talk about IT, but when you go to our rural areas, our schools do not have electricity. We want to our kids to be computer-literate and yet we do not have electricity. If we do not increase funding for rural electrification, our children will never be computer-literate. That will be detrimental to our students. The Government should bring other Bills in this House and we be given enough time to debate them so that when the Tenth Parliament comes to an end, we shall have passed many Bills. I beg to support."
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