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"content": "I challenge this Parliament and this Government to have an affirmative action. We should have a deliberate policy towards the northern Kenya. We must have a definite policy towards pastoralist communities and the livestock sector. Basic and fundamental questions are being asked in this country: Why do we subsidise the coffee and sugar sectors without subsiding the livestock sector? Why do we go abroad to market the tourism industry? Why do we go out to look for market for coffee and tea crops and yet, we do not look for market for livestock products and by-products? These are fundamental questions. Marginalisation of northern Kenya and particular communities in terms of race and religion is a fundamental human right issue. Why marginalise and discriminate against particular communities in this country in the issuance of identity cards and passports? Why discriminate against the Abdis, Osmans, Mohameds and Halima's of this country when they apply for identity cards and passports? Are they not Kenyans? We do not do the same when the Omondis, Musyokas and Kamaus of this country apply for those identification documents. We must come out very clearly on this issue as the Tenth Parliament. In this country, we should preach one nation, nurture one Kenya and become brothers and sisters. We must have a definite policy in education. A child in Garissa, Wajir and Maasailand should get equal opportunity as a child in Nairobi, Central and Nyanza Provinces. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are talking about access to livestock markets. We are talking of the establishment of major slaughter houses in areas where the raw materials are found. I want to assure this House, given my background in the livestock sector. The donor community is ready to fund the Arid and Semi-Arid Areas (ASALs). We urge this Government and this Tenth Parliament to document and implement ASAL policies. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are now in a country that is building a grand coalition government. Signing the accord and passing the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill is one thing. The sustainability of this coalition is something different. I urge the Tenth Parliament to rise to the occasion and the challenge, and make this country become a model of grand coalitions in Africa just the same way they are in Germany and Italy. I think we can make a difference. We can be the first country in Africa, and in this region, that has taken an important step in trying to prove to the rest of Africa that grand coalition governments can survive. How do we do that? We do that when we build our grand coalition government on the premises of honesty, trust, brotherhood and one nation. If we do that, then I can assure this House that grand coalitions can be a success in Africa. Finally, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must not allow the people of this country to kill one another and destroy our country in the name of political differences. We need to re-look at the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) as an institution. We need to bring to this Parliament major institutional and legal reforms. We need to learn from this crisis. We need to use this crisis as a stepping stone to give this nation a new constitutional dispensation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Office of the Prime Minister is not for any particular community. We must tell Kenyans and this Parliament that. The Office of the Prime Minister is for every Kenyan; whether you come from the North Eastern Province, the Rift Valley Province or the Coast Province. We must remove this notion that the Office of the Executive Prime Minister is for a particular community. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to tell my colleagues that this country, and the grand coalition government that is going to be formed, has a major task ahead. It has the task of reconciliation, developing and putting Kenya in the right place. Let us forget the past. Let us pick the pieces. Let us come together and embrace a concept of dialogue, brotherhood, peace and reconciliation. 160 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 13, 2008 With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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