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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency the President for giving us a very wonderful Speech and you too for giving us a wonderful short Speech. Before I comment on the President's Speech, I would like to agree with what you said, that the hon. Members of this House are over-worked. Sometimes, I do not even have time to go and see my children who are in boarding schools because of the constituency work, the Ministry's work 66 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 22, 2007 and the work in this House. That is very true. His Excellency spoke a lot about what he has done for this country. Those who have eyes and ears know for themselves. For those who do not want to hear and see, please open up your ears and eyes. I would like to thank the Minister for Water and Irrigation because he has provided water in the ASAL areas. At least in almost every location, there is a dam or a borehole. I wish to thank hon. Katuku and ask him to keep it up. Kenyans need water. I do not need to say much about the Ministry of Education, because a lot has been done in this area. What we only need is quality education. We need excellence. It is true that there is a shortage of teachers. The Minister for Education should employ more teachers because more pupils have been enroled in primary schools. We also need to strengthen adult education, which is very important, because we are now urging our youths and women to start micro-finance institutions and they need to be educated and trained. The Ministry, which is concerned with adult education, should revive this department. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to commend the Commissioner of Police because security has greatly improved. In my area we used to have ten or 20 cattle raids every day. These days, apart from last year when we had a problem with the Pokot, security has greatly improved in our area even in Nairobi. We must commend the police and give them the right equipment and training so that they can pursue the few bad Kenyans who are indulging in criminal activities. On the issue of roads and electricity, we can see a lot of improvement on our roads, although I do not have a single tarmacked road in my constituency. I hope we will get one soon between Isiolo, Samburu and Marsabit. I would like to thank the Minister and ask him to increase the funds that are channelled through the Road Maintenance Levy Fund to every constituency. We need a lot of funds for that sector. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on electricity, although my constituency does not have a single electricity project, I hope it will be included in the 100 or so projects which will be completed towards the end of the year. Mr. Kiunjuri promised me two years ago that he would supply my constituency with electricity. I hope he will do that this year before the elections. A lot has been said about Kenyans being very corrupt. Those of us who were in the last Government, in departments which were said to be the most corrupt, can testify that corruption has gone down. We must educate our children in school and tell them that corruption is evil. We must eradicate corruption from that level up to ours. Let us not just blame the Government saying that it is corrupt. Let us all get involved in eradicating corruption. Whenever you see a case of corruption, please report it to the Press. I would like to thank the Fourth Estate because they are doing a very commendable job of fighting corruption. They always report cases of corruption and inform the public. Some of us do not know much about what goes on in those high offices. I commend the Fourth Estate for that good job. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the establishment of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Enterprise Development Fund was a wonderful idea. We need to train the youth and establish committees which are not only composed of youth, but also church leaders and other leaders for those funds to be controlled and supervised properly. We need a lot of training here. I hope the Minister for Youth Affairs and the one who will be in charge of Women Enterprise Development Fund will create structures to oversee that those funds are properly utilised. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to remind the Minister concerned that the disabled people in Kenya are many. They are numbering between 2 million to 4 million. A fund should also be created for them to enable them to work and fend for themselves. Those are needy Kenyans and I hope that President Kibaki, whom I know will be re-elected next year, will come up with such a fund. I know my colleagues on the other side of the House are laughing, but I assure you that even the Laibons have said he will come back. March 22, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 67"
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