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    "id": 197870,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Loitokitok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
        "slug": "judah-ole-metito"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is normally very easy out there in our constituencies for Members of Parliament to point out that this Government has done this and this and say that if they were in Government they would have done this and this. Now that we are all in the Government, there is no excuse why we should not give Kenyans the best services they have ever had. I would like to request my colleagues that if this coming together is not about positions, then we should really take this opportunity, not to try and get positions in the Cabinet, but to study the pre-election pledges that we made to our people through our manifestos. Now that we are forming a joint manifesto that will guide the policies of the Government for the next five years, we should see which Ministry will suit which political party, not for the purposes of position, but to be able to deliver the pledges that we made to Kenyans before elections. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would wish to see such a criteria being used in allocation of Ministries to parties. It should not be an issue of which Ministry is more weighty than the other. Kenyans do not want to see which party takes the docket of internal security or the other. They want to see services reaching them regardless of which party occupies which Ministry. In the pledges that we made to our people before elections, the three main parties that had presidential candidates had a lot in common. We all talked about reviving the economy to a two digits growth rate by 2012. We even talked of ways of doing that. Others talked of formation of a Ministry of Social Development that will help in equitable distribution of resources. I think we should take this opportunity that we are all in the Government to implement those pledges. We do not have to be in a certain Ministry to implement the pledges that we made to the people before elections. There is collective responsibility in Government. Whichever Ministry each party occupies, has a collective responsibility to contribute to the running of the Government. I would like to see some of the pledges made by party leaders during campaigns being implemented. I was happy with two or three key things that the ODM party was talking about. They should take this opportunity now that they are in Government to ensure that those services are actually available to wananchi. I remember ODM saying that when they come to power, all constituencies will become districts. I think that is a very good move. Now that we are all in Government, we should ensure that all constituencies become districts. Budgets in this House are done as per districts. It is true that will assist in equitable distribution of resources. They also talked of having a livestock insurance scheme. In his address, His Excellency the President talked of bringing Bills and Sessional Papers by the Government to improve the dairy sector. We should take the advantage of having those sessional papers and Bills to implement that Livestock Insurance Scheme. Every time there is drought, the coffee, tea and other agricultural sectors, I have heard--- March 12, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 75"
}