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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baya",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Ganze",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis S. K. Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is part of the induction we are going through. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the two principal players namely; His Excellency the President, Mr. Kibaki, and the Prime Minister-designate, Mr. Raila, for signing the Peace Accord. Two days before the signing of the accord, when I was about to retire to bed, my daughter, who is a third year student here in Nairobi, brought me a book. That is something that surprised me, not because of the time, the size of the book or the colour. However, it was the title that surprised me. The book was entitled, Where have all the LeadersGone? \" As a result of my attraction to the title, I made sure that, within two hours, I had covered reading many pages. I realised that the book was a critique that was criticising the leadership of a certain country, of course not Kenya, but I got a message from my daughter that she was as disturbed as many other people. After the signing of the Accord, I called her and gave her back the book. I then asked her if she had seen where the leaders were. She laughed and said that they had resurfaced. That is why we need to thank the two principals for having signed the Accord. Perhaps by this time, things would have been more difficult that he would have imagined. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in his Address to this House, His Excellency the President indicated that a Directorate for Settlement has already been established. We wish this directorate well, and in particular those who will be doing the field work. I was, personally, involved once in some form of settlement after a similar occurrence happened in the past. I can tell you for sure that it is not a very pleasant exercise. It is very difficult. The numbers of those people who are displaced will keep on rising. There are those who were displaced from other people's farms. They did not have shambas of their own and they need to be resettled. We anticipate very many problems. I hope that the leadership in those areas and, indeed, all of us will give the directorate support so that it can fulfil its duty. The President also indicated that three manifestos will be harmonised. That is a good idea 144 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 13, 2008 because Kenyans are more expectant now than before. There are programmes, projects and policies that were being expounded by all the political parties. Now that the manifestos will be made into one document, we expect that a lot will happen. Therefore, we are waiting for the output of the harmonisation of the manifestos. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is my hope that, after the passage of these two Bills and the formation of the full Cabinet, some titles will be dropped. We still talk about the Government side and the ODM side. I would not like to walk into an office and be asked which side I belong to. Kenyans have seen it all. We expect to live in a democratic and free society where equal opportunities are available to all. It was indicated in the Speech, that there will be three Bills that touch on wildlife, tourism, and environmental impact assessment guidelines. That is very good. We hope that when the time for debate comes, particularly on tourism, we will have time to say in this House that even though this particular sector has been doing very well, there are problems which need to be addressed. These are problems such as the relationship between the hoteliers and the beach operators. Most hoteliers are multinationals and have their headquarters elsewhere. Their relationship with the locals, who form a bigger part of the beach operators, has not been harmonious. These are some of the issues which need to be addressed. We should not forget the concept of all-inclusiveness. In this case, small businessmen have been excluded from operating within close range of the big hotels and, therefore, impoverishing the small businessmen further. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot touch on all the issues that were said by His Excellency the President. With those few remarks, I beg to support. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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