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    "id": 229524,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muriithi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 230,
        "legal_name": "Peter Gichohi Muriithi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am scared that we established police posts which will end up being hideouts for hard core criminals because of lack of personnel to man them. There is no point of spending Kshs1 million as Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) money to build police posts if the Government cannot post personnel to man them. In cases where there are personnel, there are only one or two policemen. I know for sure that one policeman cannot walk alone; they must be two policemen in each post. This is because they cannot leave a police post unmanned to answer a distress call. We want more policemen to be deployed. I know our Government is capable of doing that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on education, because of the good governance which is conducive, our children are doing extremely well because they are not stressed that tomorrow the President will issue a roadside declaration to end their education. So, they concentrate on their education. Five years ago, a student who attained C+ grade was admitted to the university. Today, a student who attains a C+ grade will probably end up pursuing courses in mechanics. I, therefore, request the Ministry to license as many private universities as possible in order to offer good and affordable education. I also urge the Government to revive all youth polytechnics so that our children can study and obtain diplomas in various fields. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the motor industry, if you move around the town, you would think you are in Dubai. Why do Kenyans go to Dubai and Turkey to buy vehicles? We can make Mombasa a free port. There are so many vehicles in Mombasa. We have become a parking lot. Why do we not facilitate ours to be a free port? By so doing, we shall double tourism earnings which currently stand at Kshs56 billion. Surely, we can double this figure because instead of the rest of Africa going to Dubai, they will come to Mombasa. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I am very happy for the Government for erecting the Kshs4 million Kimathi Statue. However, there are many other freedom fighters who need to be honoured across the country like in Maasailand and Luoland. We all fought for freedom of this country. We all had a common enemy and we fought the Mzungu together. Those people should be honoured. Last year, the Government provided Kshs10 million to establish the Freedom Corner, but nothing has been done to date. We want to see many statues of the freedom fighters who liberated this country from the colonial yoke. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to contribute. I beg to support."
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