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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to echo my support to the Speech given by the President during the State Opening of this House. I want to thank Mr. Raila and our President Mr. Kibaki for agreeing to sign the Peace Accord that has brought peace in this country. We can now move around peacefully and do our usual jobs normally. It is very sad for peace not to be there. I remember on the 28th of December, 2007, even before the results of the General Elections were announced, three of my constituents were killed in Eldoret by people, whom I had greeted, simply because by that time, one of the Presidential candidates was leading in the polls, while the other one was trailing. It is important to have peace for us to live harmoniously. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, since we have to forget what happened, I want to say that, the Government will have to move with speed to see that our youth, who are the majority of the people who became casualties of what we went through, are given jobs as fast as possible. If jobs are not available, then, an enabling environment should be created for them to get some business opportunities that will propel them to the kind of future they would like. Nyakach Constituency is in Nyanza and has been marginalised for a long time in terms of development. For your information, that is where the Ministry of Energy harvests almost 60 megawatts of electricity which is taken directly to the national grid, and yet the same electricity is not even within the constituency. The Ministry wants to move on and harvest another 20 megawatts which will, again, be taken to the national grid. I believe that this time round, they will remember to take the Rural Electrification Programme to that constituency. We do not have water whereas we are surrounded by Lake Victoria. We do not have proper health institutions and we do not carry out any agricultural activities because the people whom the Government purports to be taking care of their agricultural activities, are no longer there. We do not know whether extension officers are still being employed by the Ministry or not. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the same time, it is important for the Government to try and build many industries. I support hon. Members who have said that industries that are located in Nairobi should now be moved away. If new investors agree to come in, let them be given good incentives that can make them go and establish industries in places like Kisumu. That way, those areas could also enjoy the benefits of good governance. I would also say that Kisumu Airport is one area which needs to be looked into very seriously. We believe that if an international airport is created there, we will be able to grow flowers and export them directly to other countries. We believe that the Government could, again, restart the cotton industry. That was actually our mainstay in terms of agriculture, but it was frustrated for a very long time. We need to grow cotton once more for our people to, at least, gain out of that activity. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are also talking about the fishing industry. We are fishermen. Most of the people around my constituency who stay along the lakeside normally survive on fishing. That is one industry that has not been looked into very seriously. We believe that, this time round, we will make sure that fishermen also enjoy the sweat of being in the lake for 24 hours. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say that it is better to stay in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps than being shot at or burnt alive, the way some of my constituents were burnt alive in Naivasha. We want to bury all that. Let us hope that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that has been set up will look into all those issues and make sure that all those who perpetrated those heinous acts are brought to book. That way, we can bury all that 338 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 20, 2008 took place. It was not very good. It was ungodly. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to end my speech by echoing the Presidential Address. I believe that Kenya will move on very peacefully from now henceforth. Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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