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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion of Adjournment not because, as an hon. Member said, it has come at a time when most hon. Members are ready for it, but because the Government does not have business to put on the Floor, and needs time to generate that business; the House cannot continue sitting without having something to do. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, we are going through an extremely delicate time in our history. This is a time that requires tremendous dexterity in politics. This time requires that we rise up to the occasion and meet the aspirations of the great people of Kenya. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we go for an adjournment, I would like to ring a bell of warning to civil servants. Civil servants, especially those who have over-stayed their welcome in the Civil Service, should stop meddling in the formation of the new Government, by bringing in old ideas that will not help us in this day and age. It is a time when innovativeness is necessary, and nobody should try and put new wine in old bottles. If anything, old bottles should give way to new ones, or canisters, in which to put new wine to be held in there and given time to age graciously. March 25, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 419 Secondly, we know for certain that international development organizations, whose mission since the Second World War has been to husband development in developing countries, particularly the Bretton Woods institutions, have not always risen up to the occasion, and have not always been very good in responding to the conjunctures that are not necessarily amenable to procedures, rules and laws, which have guided the actions of those organizations. It is, therefore, imperative that at a moment like this, these international organizations, particularly the Bretton Woods institutions, be equally sensitive to the aspirations of the Kenyan people, and equally should not try to put new wine into old bottles. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at this point in time, it would not be opportune for these international organizations to begin sending missions to Kenya before the people of Kenya have settled for the formation of the Grand Coalition Government. That would be putting the cart before the horse. Therefore, the information that we receive that such initiatives are afoot, and are being pushed by those who would like to bask in the sun that has risen at a time when they were not taking the initiative as others did, should be served with a notice by the Kenyan people that at best, they should hold their horses, and at worst, they should not meddle at a time when they might not be doing what is in the best interests of the Kenyan people. I say this because, as I said earlier, we are adjourning at a time when we are handling very delicate matters in the interests of our motherland. I would, in a very diplomatic way, say that our principals must be given time and space for consultations and sagacious decision-making, and should not be, in any way, crowded in actions by those who might have ideas that were good in the past, but are not necessarily responsive to our time, when we are trying to solve our problems. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, today we issued a statement regarding the privatisation of Government shares in the Safaricom Limited. We would have wanted this issue to be discussed further in the House, and we hope that it will be discussed further in the House when the House resumes its sittings in the very near future. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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