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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I stand here, I was shocked when I heard the Vice- President and Minister for Home Affairs, who is also the Leader of Government Business, say that we are tired. He also said that there is a lot of Business that has not been carried out by this House. I thought it is the business of the Leader of Government Business, together with the Government, August 16, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3265 to bring business here, and not hon. Members! That does not hold any water, despite the fact that, I am in this Government. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we go for recess, it means that even the Ministers will go back to their constituencies. My concern is this: For the last one year, there have been killings going on in Mt. Elgon. If the Minister of State for Administration and National Security is going to retire back to his Kangema Constituency for the next one month, what is going to happen to the people of Mt. Elgon? I am opposing this Motion because I want the Minister to be in his office, so that we can access him, and keep him on his toes to follow the issues in Mt. Elgon. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to use this particular forum to tell the Vice- President and Minister for Home Affairs that he is the Vice-President of this country. He should get concerned with the issues of Mt. Elgon. He comes from Western Province, but I have never heard him, even on a single day, talk about the issues affecting Mt. Elgon here at the Dispatch Box! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not against the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs. But that is an issue for Kenyans. There is nobody who is going to invest in this country, especially in Mt. Elgon, if there is insecurity. The Government cannot even develop Mt. Elgon because of insecurity. Why is it taking too long to crush those criminals in Mt. Elgon? It took only two or three days to crush the Mungiki here in Mathare! What is so special about the people who were being killed in Mathare? Are the people in Mt. Elgon lesser human beings? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have talked about those issues severally in this House, to the Government and in Mt. Elgon, but there seems to be no answer. Is Mt. Elgon part of this country? If it is, why is the Government not taking action? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from September, 2006, more than 30 schools have been closed down in Mt. Elgon. This Government talks of having no business, people are tired and they want to go home. Who is going to save the children of Mt. Elgon? Who is going to open the schools for the children of Mt. Elgon, if the Government is tired and wants to go home?"
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