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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I had actually shelved my idea to speak, but something has sparked my mind again. As I support the Motion for the Adjournment, I do recall that in this House, we passed two Bills; one of them being the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill, which we were all ambassadors to. We should actually use this time round to cement the relationship that was already sour. We know that the document that was signed by the two principals is by itself not complete, unless it is translated and we walk the talk on the ground. The people to do that job are actually Members of Parliament and other people who are already in positions of influence. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as said in this House before, if we use the energy that we used during the time of campaigns, I am sure that nothing can really defeat us. But I was actually disheartened by some language that was used in this House, especially, the language of some \"crackheads\" which, actually, is not in the spirit of the Accord. That is because we thought that we are all in the same boat now and, if there is any hate language that we were using previously, then it is time we all reconciled and became brothers and sisters in one boat. We should translate that now to the ground. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I represent Igembe North Constituency, where people are very mobile. They want to know whether it is safe again on the ground to go and sell their miraa in Eldoret. I would be glad, actually, to accompany hon. Members from the Rift Valley to Nyanza, Coast and parts of Eastern, so that, at least, I can assure my people that the ground now is very safe. That way, we shall be able to cement the relationship and assure Kenyans that, once more, we can live in peace. 420 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 25, 2008 As I mentioned in my contributions before, I heard the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs say that nobody mentioned his participation. But I do recall saying that if the Vice- President and Minister for Home Affairs, His Excellency the President and the hon. Premier- designate, who were all looking for votes and traversed Kenya, could be seen again going around the country, I think Kenyans could actually read from the script that all is well and that the Government is actually now in place. That is because we are all now in the same boat. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do recall that in the Accord, there is a mention of 50-50. There could be some areas that I may misinterpret. That is because the Act did not give us the definition of certain terms. For example, when you read about 50-50, is it 50-50 in the Cabinet, 50-50 in the army or 50-50 in the Civil Service? I think those things were not defined. We leave it to the principals to properly interpret that, so that our own talk should not actually be used now to politicise a Civil Service that is already non-partisan. I say that because if we start politicising and say: \"This party should have these positions\", we could even go crazy and say: \"Okay! Can you take the inventory of who is who is in the army, so that we could know who belongs to which party? Who is who in the parastatals?\" It will be taking us too far and it will not be for the good of the country. So, as we interpret, let us be very positive to the Accord. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, lastly, there are two issues which were mentioned in the Presidential Address. One of them concerns the issue of empowering the youth, and the hiring of the army personnel directly from the National Youth Service (NYS). That must be carefully looked into. In my constituency of Igembe North, we have a district called \"Igembe\". We have only two constituencies. During the recent recruitment of police officers, out of over 20 people who were recruited, only three people were recruited from my constituency. Why was there that kind of disparity, if we had able men and women doing that job? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I know that, at the moment, we do not have a Minister for Lands. But we have issues of land such as issuance of title deeds and so on."
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