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"content": "That is not true! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that any time I stand to contribute, the hon. Members on the other side of the House think I am contravening the rules of this House. I am not, but I am trying to make corrections for this nation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President should have brought out the issue of police compensation. I agree with the President on the issue of amendment of the Firearms Act. That will be very important to deter people from having guns without licenses. Those without licenses should be punished severely. However, we cannot accept the order to shoot on sight. Unless a criminal is armed, he or she should not be shot. If he or she is suspected to be armed, he or she should be arrested instead of being shot and killed. The other issue I would like to mention is that of compensation for the loss of livestock by pastoralists. I did not hear the President mention even a single sentence about compensation to those who have lost their livestock. We all know that a particular group of people in this country have lost a substantial means of income. He should have proposed a policy that will compensate or March 21, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 31 help in restocking of animals. That was very much lacking in this speech. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President talked about the benefits of tourism. But do those benefits which accrue from Kshs44 billion trickle down to the areas where the money is being earned? That has not been explained. So, the Speech was very nice but the details on how this Government is helping Kenyans were lacking. We have always had women in this country. So, to me, the \"Women Fund\" is an election ploy. Regarding the Youth Fund which was started in 2005, as I speak now, nothing has trickled to my constituency. That is not because of inefficiency. We made recommendations but to date, the funds have not been released. If they are being released, then they are being released to the most favoured areas. So, that is an election ploy. The Women Fund is an election ploy and we cannot accept an election ploy. We are cheating Kenyan women that the fund is going to help them. It cannot and will not happen. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding the issue of judges, I do not think we are going to finish criminals by increasing the number of judges. By increasing the number of judges to 200, we are not decreasing the number of criminals. We have to try another strategy. If we are going to have 200 judges, it means we must also purchase 200 Mercedes Benz vehicles, rent 200 houses and spent billions of shillings on them. So, instead of supporting the economy, we are going to drain it. I would also like to give free advice to this Government. We want the salary of teachers and civil servants to be increased from tomorrow. The Government can do it without straining the economy. It can borrow from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the form of soft loans which will mitigate the problems the country is facing. It is not enough to chest- thump that you are doing better domestically, you should also go international. You must borrow so as to help our universities and other institutions of learning. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the Constitution review exercise, I think we should give it first priority in this House. We should all agree that the Constitution review should take preference over any other Bill. The only impediment is the Government side because they are hardliners. We should have given Kenyans a new Constitution in 2004. But because of fear by the Government side, they have been postponing that issue. Now that they have seen the light at the end of the tunnel and they appear serious, they should start it without considering any other subject in this House. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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