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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for East African Community",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also appealing to Hon. Ntimama to pay a visit to Burundi and Rwanda and see what careless pronouncements by leaders did to those two countries. Even if he is interested in a district being divided in a particular manner, he should not open up the possibility of tribal clashes in a very innocent place like Narok where the people are not interested in anything other than good education and markets for their cattle. This irresponsible talk will not help us Kenyans, neither does it help the image of Hon. Members. I would like to talk about insecurity in Western Province, in particular. We, the people of Kakamega District, are very proud to say that community policing there has been very successful. But now, the vigilante groups who are members of the community policing are a problem to us as Members of Parliament. They are asking why is it that the Assistant Chief who does not work at night draws a salary yet they do not get anything, not even money to buy batteries for the torches they use at night? We were hoping that since we said these things last year, the Minister would include them in this year's Budget. There is also a lot of harassment of boda boda cyclists, which is the main mode of transport in western Kenya. These little boys cannot do business beyond 8.00 p.m. because of harassment by the Provincial Administration. The Provincial Administration officers should be advised to work together with these people. In the same breadth, the issue of lack of motor vehicles for our District Officers (DOs) cannot be over-emphasised. It is only Ikolomani and Shinyalu which have never had vehicles for their DOs for as long as the NARC Government came to power. This must be revised because we July 11, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1969 are also entitled to this facility. Chiefs and assistant chiefs should be given motor bikes to enable them to police the various areas with speed and attend to particular cases. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said those very many things about boda bodas, let me remind the hon. Members that when we speak about boda bodas, some people look at us in Western Province as people who are presiding over a weak economy. If the boda boda boys are not going to be allowed to work up to beyond midnight in Mumias, for example, it means that the shifts in Mumias Sugar Company cannot operate smoothly. For those of you who do not understand what Mumias Sugar Company is, I would like to inform you that Mumias Sugar Company has now signed a contract with the Japanese Carbon Finance Ltd., and as result we will be producing 30 megawatts of electricity that we are going to sell to the national grid. For your information, this is as much power as what Uganda requires to make sure its industries function for 24 hours. We need security. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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