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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to this Motion of Adjournment. From the outset, I wish to support it. I also wish my colleagues a nice break after very hard work during this part of the Session. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a number of Bills and Motions were passed. Among them was the Cotton Bill, which as we all know, affects more than half of the country which is marginal land. If implemented, it will lead to the creation of many jobs for our underprivileged people. I do appeal to the Government to push this Bill for Presidential assent as quickly as possible, so that it can be implemented. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to speak about the issue of fairness. When we pay taxes to run this country, we are all playing it fair. Nobody is discriminated when it comes to the collection of taxes. But when the resources which are financed from the taxes collected are being distributed, we see blatant disregard of a number of areas in the country, which contribute substantial tax. Let me cite the infrastructure, for example. We know that during the last regime, most infrastructure was destroyed. The roads and so many other things got depleted. When the NARC Government took over power it promised to really resuscitate and renew the essential infrastructure. However, we are yet to see this in the Budgets. For example, when the Vote on the Ministry of Roads and Public Works was presented before the House, it was extremely skewed. I want to urge the Government to take note of the sentiments by the hon. Members during the recess, and reallocate and reorganize the areas that major deficiencies will occur. It is ridiculous that a whole district is given as little as Kshs3 million. This cannot even construct a quarter kilometre of a road. 2618 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 3, 2006 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to talk about the recruitment exercise. My colleagues have talked very strongly about the recruitment of our people. We all know that unemployment is very acute, particularly in some areas where people have not been employed for a long time. They are looking for opportunities, but when the vacancies are announced, we see blatant disregard of fairness. For example, in the recent recruitment of teachers the allocation to every district of the number of teachers to be employment is indicated. But we find people coming from other districts to be employed in different districts under the guise of, say, affidavits or marriage and so on. While I do appreciate that this can occur, we must fairly fill our chances in the districts where allocations have been made. Thereafter, if somebody wishes to transfer to another district, that is okay. So, I urge the Government to really look into this issue very seriously, so that all of us can share the cake equitably and happily. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the CDF initiative is very fundamental in the fair distribution of resources in this country. As a matter of fact, when we say that the economy has grown by 5.8 per cent, I really think that this is attributed to the effects of the CDF. The CDF is actually going down to the people in the grassroots and you can really see their lives changing. I would like to urge the Government to see to it that this Fund is increased. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to urge the Government to intensify security, particularly in my constituency. The Minister knows that I have been complaining about insecurity in my constituency all along. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion."
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