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    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Onyancha",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Onyancha",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand here to support the Motion of Adjournment and in so doing, I want to mention a few things that are of concern. The first one is that this House has worked very hard but every time we open a newspaper in the morning, all we see is criticism, abuse and words bordering on hate speech against parliamentarians. I think it is time that Parliament took this matter seriously and tried to engage the media owners so that this issue can be addressed. Honestly, we do work very hard but many Kenyans think that we only work when we are on the Floor of the House. That is something that we need to look into very quickly. The other point I want to talk is about teachers as well. Those demonstrations are giving us a very bad name. I urge the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Mr. Kenyatta, to ensure that this matter is put to rest as quickly as possible. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to address the issue of the census which partially is a determinant in allocation of CDF money. My constituency has 65,000 voters. Many people come to me and tell me that they were not counted. The count in my constituency, Bonchari, Kisii South District, gave 114,000 people. I do not understand why it cannot be understood that 65,000 voters cannot, each, have only one child. We produce very well in Kisii. I can assure you. I hope that the Minister will consider Bonchari in the near future. In conclusion, let me say one thing about education. As we discuss with teachers, we have heard about new curriculums being introduced. We have not even perfected the current curriculum for students in primary and secondary schools. I urge the Minister for Education to take into account the fact that we have not yet perfected that due to lack of teachers. Let us perfect the one that we have. It is not a bad curriculum. Let us do that before we decide that it is not good. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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