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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwenje",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing",
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        "legal_name": "David S. Kamau Mwenje",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what surprises me is that the same hon. Members who want you to put the Question are the same ones who want to remain in this House! If you want to go, then go! Those who want to remain can remain and talk about the issues. You cannot have both. You must make a decision. My decision is that the House should adjourn. We need to go and see what we have done for our constituents this year. As usual, the House always adjourns at this time of the year. We need to go to the constituencies because our duties, as hon. Members of Parliament, are not just in Parliament. We also need to be in our constituencies to do some work, assist our people and conduct Harambees. The Press always asks why we are not in the House. It is important to put this right. Our job is not only to be in the House. We also do a lot of work in our constituencies. I serve a population of about 1 million people. Being the man representing the constituency with the highest population in this country, those people need to see me, talk to me, hear me and advise me. I need to consult with them. Remaining here in the House is not the solution. I hope the Press will also understand that we need to be in our constituencies. I will not be elected because I was sitting in this House. I will be elected because of what I will have done for my people in Embakasi. It is important to go and evaluate what we have done for our people. We also need to know what requires to be done. We still have another year before the next general elections. But the excitement I see here is because of what Mr. M. Kilonzo said. Next year is an election year. Everybody is getting excited about the elections. I have faced about five elections, which I have won. I am telling you: You are going to face the elections! It will come whichever way. We will face it. Let us not be excited about next year. Let us not be excited about winning a Motion. Let us be sober! Let our people visit us and we serve them out there. Some of us represent constituencies in the city and we have a lot of work that also requires to be done because we serve all different kinds of people. There are many hon. Members who only serve those people who speak the same language in their constituencies. We serve people who speak different languages and they want to hear us. We want to go and serve them. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have watched what is happening here with political parties. Today, there is total confusion about political parties here. We do not even know who belongs where. Some are in NARC and they are everywhere in this House. Some are in KANU yet they are everywhere in this House. Some are in FORD(K) and they are literally everywhere. This confusion that we have created for our people is exactly what is being reflected on the ground. So, I would like to appeal to hon. Members to be sober because at the end of the day, the test, which we are asking for, is coming. We will go and face our people, and that is what is going to happen. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, our people require services. We have given services to a good extent. We have been credited for a lot of services rendered. For example, the construction of roads is ongoing, and the CDF projects are working quite well in different places. I think it is important that we now get together and understand that the people who are watching and listening everywhere will require those services. I agree that we needed to increase the CDF. We could have done it. However, if we cannot do it this year, we still have next year. Even if notice was given today, we would not be able to complete those Bills today. 4316 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 7, 2006 At any rate, as Mr. Kiunjuri said, there is no time that there will be no pending business in this House. Even when we are all gone, there will still be pending business in the House."
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