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    "id": 228718,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sudi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kiprono Sutter Sudi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate the fact that the President's Speech had a lot of good messages to Kenyans, it leaves a lot to be desired. 278 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 29, 2007 This Government made a lot of promises when it came to power, but those promises have not been fulfilled. One of the issues which I want to tackle is the issue of recruitment in the various sectors. For example, in the education sector, young men and women who have graduated from our teacher-training colleges have not been recruited. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the skills of our trained teachers are not being utilised. It is unfortunate for the Government to use money to train teachers and leave their knowledge unutilised. We can see the effects of that. Students performed poorly in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams. This should be of concern to our nation because our students are not progressing with education. They will stay at home. Our nation's development will stagnate. I think the President should take a bold step. He should know that he is the President of Kenya. He should not agree to things which are not beneficial to Kenyans. I challenge His Excellency the President to take a bold step, no matter how good or bad it is. A decision has to be made to employ trained teachers. We should also employ nurses who were trained. Our sick people are not treated because of lack of nurses. In my constituency, there are so many health centres which have been built by the constituents and the Government. But they are not operational because of lack of staff. There is no employment of nurses. The issue of employment is very crucial and we should make it a reality. The other day, we read in the Press that 40,000 teachers will be employed by the Ministry of Education. But that point was not captured in the President's Speech. It is worrisome because the employment of 40,000 teachers cannot go unnoticed in the President's Speech. That tells me that, that was just a political statement that was meant to please a certain section of the society. We should create more employment opportunities for our youth. We are wasting a lot of manpower. It is said that time waits for no man. Our youth are growing older before they get jobs. The unemployment of the youth is what is causing insecurity in this country. People who have nothing to do can resort to any barbaric action. An idle mind is the devil's workshop. So, if our youths are left without jobs, they will cause insecurity. It is high time the President took a bold step to rectify that situation, if he wants to vie for another term. The President said that this is a working nation. But 45 years after Independence, we have not attained much development. We have just been issuing statements and engaging in arguments. I believe action speaks louder than words. If we work hard and develop this nation, every Kenyan will enjoy living in it. Kenya is a very rich country. It is endowed with so many resources which are untapped. But we are ignoring our potential to attain development. We are at the mercy of God. We do not take this Government seriously because it has made many blunders. It was elected on the platform of zero-tolerance to corruption. It promised us a new Constitution within 100 days. I still give them the benefit of the doubt because it is either 100 days after assuming power or 100 days before leaving power. They still have 100 days to give us a new Constitution. We will be watching how the Government will lead the constitutional review process. It is supposed to lead while others follow. If they keep on saying: \"We will give you a new Constitution\", and they are not delivering-- - They are not showing us the way forward! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also a very dangerous trend in this country - tribalism. Kenya is inhabited by 42 tribes. But all the resources are going to only one community. Does that mean that children from other communities were not born like children from that particular community? Did the women from the other 41 communities come from pluto or other planets? Are they strangers? We are wondering why there is no equitable distribution of national resources. In that case, we demand that the resources be distributed equitably. Thank you."
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