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    "id": 239424,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Mwau",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development",
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        "legal_name": "Adelina Ndeto Mwau",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I stand to support this Motion. I feel it is time we took a break to go back, reflect and implement projects using the CDF. I want to ask hon. Members to go out there and preach the good news of what this Government has done. During the campaigns, Members who campaigned in upper Eastern had the opportunity to see how those people live. I worked in upper Eastern in the 1980s. But for the first time, I realised that the KANU Government never knew there were Kenyans in upper Eastern. For the first time in Kargi, women who were trekking 70 kilometres in search of water, can now access water in their areas. In Koror Swamps, women who were not able to access water can now access water. For the first time, the Isiolo-Moyale Road is being constructed. I would like to ask the Minister for Roads and Public Works to make sure that, that road is completed as soon as possible. The people of the upper eastern Kenya have never travelled in matatus. They travel on top of lorries with their livestock. So, opening the Isiolo-Moyale Road will give the people of the upper eastern Kenya an opportunity to travel in comfort. During the campaigns, we asked the people of the upper eastern Kenya what is the difference between the current Government and the governments that have been there before. They told us that for the first time, they were being fed by the Government, their animals were being fed and water was being supplied to the area. As we go for recess, we should take something positive to the people. All the time, we have been talking negatively about the Government. There might be things that have gone wrong in this Government, but for the first time, the mwananchi can now access basic services that were not available before. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like us to go out and preach the gospel of \"I am proud to be a Kenyan\". I would like to support the previous speaker who has talked about the need for us to check the use of vernacular FM stations. We are talking of being proud to be Kenyans, but the vernacular FM stations are making us more tribal. It is good for me to be a Mkamba, but it is best to be a Kenyan. It is important for us to go out and preach the gospel that we are proud to be Kenyans, in spite of us having conflicts with each other. It is important for us to preach this gospel, so that we can have peace in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to speak about the Youth Enterprise Fund. The Minister for Youth Affairs should put in place policies and strategies and let us know how our youths can benefit from this fund as soon as possible. We have so many unemployed youths. Some left school as early as 1991 and their certificates are still with the head teachers. It is important for the Ministry of Education to give an ultimatum to the head teachers to release those certificates. 2626 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 3, 2006 With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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