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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we come to the end of this sitting, I wish to make one or two observations. As lawmakers and peace-makers, I think it is high time we supported the Motion for us to go and prepare ourselves, so that we come back to deliberate on March 25, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 417 issues that will have been prepared by the House Business Committee (HBC). Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I put a lot of emphasis on 28th, February, when the two principals signed the historic Peace Accord. It was a day that gave a lot of hope and faith and created a reverse in our nation. In my opinion, I tend to think that this being a very historic day, we should think of how to make that day a public holiday. This is because it gave a lot of hope and consolation to our people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we prepare to move to our constituencies, there is a lot of work that we need to do. We are in the planting season. We also need to embark on improving the environment by planting trees. We need to work out our Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) committees. Some of us have not constituted these committees. If we get an opportunity, we will improve performance in our areas. We also need to have enough time to attend the induction course at the Safari Park Hotel. We need to prepare well for that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other area that we need to give a critical look at is the feeding of IDPs in our areas. As I speak now, there is an cute shortage of food. We will be requesting the Minister of State for Special Programmes to give special attention to IDPs by making food available, providing adequate tents and supplying them with drugs constantly. We also need to have enough time, as Members, to visit one another as patriotic lawmakers. If we do that, we will be contributing to the issue of peace-building in our nation. We would like to have an opportunity to see those areas which we have not visited. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other opportunity we will be looking for is to visit our areas, conduct meetings and forums by way of giving the Coalition Government an agenda for promoting peace in this land of ours. We should also try to reach other areas but moderate our use of language because hate language also fuels problems in our areas. I wish to note that we have been served by a very responsible Speaker's Panel. I would like to thank Prof. Kaloki who was appointed to this position and who qualifies for it. He needs to be congratulated. We also have Mr. Imanyara who was also appointed to the Speaker's Panel and is also qualified to serve us in this House. I wish to note the sacrifice made by Prof. Adeniji on Agenda Four that is going on. I wish to congratulate him for the extra effort that he is putting in to improve and reconcile our people in this country. I beg to support."
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