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    "id": 246285,
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    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will continue with my contribution to the Budget Speech. I rise to say that my people in Trans Nzoia live under squalid conditions. Much has been said but I will talk about this year and the recent displacement of squatters by the Government. We have forgotten what the previous Government did to my people from 1992 to 1996. Thousands of people were displaced and they are still in the marketplaces. The Kenyan Government is not sensitive! Trans Nzoia District is marginalised in the sense that the Government is not sensitive enough to the plight of the children, parents, farmers and the administration in that part of the country. On the issue of administration, agriculture has been neglected yet we are the granary of this country. These people were displaced by the Provincial Administration. The method of displacing people was well-organised. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will now turn to the recent events which touch on land grabbing in Trans Nzoia District. When the community decided to take arms and repossess one of the June 21, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1477 grabbed institutions of this country, the Provincial Administration kept quiet. However, when the grabber went to the same Government to block this take-over, they ordered the General Service Unit (GSU) and the regular police to go and take away the common man's rights of ownership. Do we live in a different country? The plight of squatters and the promises the Government has been making towards settling displaced people is questionable. Why are we paid lip service in Trans Nzoia? Why are people in Likia being treated humanely and as more Kenyan than the people in Trans Nzoia who feed the same country? This must be addressed! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, little was spoken about the National Youth Service (NYS). The NYS and the Starehe Boys Centre were institutions meant to rehabilitate street children. However, nothing was said about this matter. When you look at the NYS now, it is admitting children of well-to-do people. Instead of rehabilitating street children, disabled and destitute people, the Government has completely neglected them. They live in ghettos! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as for the Starehe Boys Centre, that was an institution that was introduced to take care of the displaced children and those in dire need of help, the institution was turned into a rich man's school where rich people take their children for education. Nothing touching on this matter has been raised in the Budget Speech. We are still talking about the high cost of fuel. It must be said, loud and clear, that it is going to hurt the agricultural sector more than it has done before. There will be less food production as long as fuel prices go up day in, day out. The Government does not realise this! Instead of containing the fuel prices, the Government is supporting the private sector to increase the prices. How are we going to afford US$2 per litre of diesel to plough our land? It is unproductive and senseless that the Government looks in the direction of white-collar jobs. They are not promoting agriculture yet, Kenya is an agricultural country. We are not an industrialised nation. Why do we have to promote industries which we do not own? I am completely perturbed by the Budget. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, although a lot has been said about the introduction of appropriate technology, by giving incentives for solar energy, we still have more to say. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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