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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. I would like to contribute to this Motion of Adjournment and ask the Minister for Roads and Public Works to look into the roads in Butula Constituency. There is Road C30 which has totally been ignored, and I request the Minister for Roads and Public Works to address it. The people of Butula, together with the people of Nambale, contributed land - they gave away their land - about 20 years ago for a sugar factory, which was to be known as \"Nambale Sugar Factory\". Twenty years down the line, it has never seen the light of day. Could the Minister for Agriculture look into that and help the people of Butula and Nambale to have a factory? This will ensure that our youth are employed, and not left to boda boda business which is causing them other biological problems. They also need kujivunia kuwa Wakenya by being employed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister for Local Government also needs to look at our markets. We have had a market called Bumala for the last 30 years. That market has been ignored. Wananchi have been left sitting in the sun or rain the whole day, and their foodstuffs get all the dust. The Minister should look after this whole Republic because everybody pays tax. It does not matter whether wananchi buy kerosene or other products. But they pay tax. We are all taxpayers and, therefore, we should be helped. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the sugar industry is having problems because the Sugar Act is being kept in a cold storage. I would like to see the Minister for Agriculture bringing back that Sugar Act to this House for amendments, so that the sugar industry can benefit. He seems to have purposely kept it away, so that the sugar barons can continue importing sugar to the detriment of the sugar-cane farmers, who have donated their land and farms to grow sugar-cane and get nothing at the end of the harvest. The Sugar Act should have been here. But four years down the line, it has never seen the light. I understand that matter started during the Eighth Parliament. The Ninth Parliament term is almost coming to an end, but the amendments to the Sugar Act have never seen the light. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) is a thorny one. We leave Nairobi only to go into darkness. As Kenyan taxpayers, we would 3268 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 16, 2007 also like to enjoy the facilities of REP in our rural areas, so that our children could access the advantages of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and study at night. They are left to use the sun. Once the sun goes down, they cannot study. Therefore, they end up performing poorly because they cannot have extra time to study using electricity. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, REP could also help to create jobs. As it is, we do not have electricity in our market places. Therefore, not much of Jua Kali jobs are created in our areas. The Minister for Energy needs to look into that and ensure that there is more distribution in Butula Constituency, so that my people could enjoy jobs creation through the Jua Kali sector. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to oppose."
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