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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Konchelah",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Sitelu Konchella",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important issue. This is a matter that touches not only North Eastern Province, but also other parts of this country that seem to be forgotten. First of all, I want to pay special tribute to our colleagues who passed away in the course of peace. I feel we have lost our leaders because there is something wrong somewhere. This is the issue we must discuss here as a House conclusively. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of cattle rustling is not new. It is something that has been there for a long time. But it can be handled and sorted out. One of the things we must do as elected leaders is to, first of all, stop going for each other's throats and start talking about the development of our people so that we know how to sort out the problems we have. We have been sent here to help develop our people, but not to make them fight as is happening now. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the course of this week, I was in Europe. Newspapers and other media there are saying that the next areas for investment in the world are China and Kenya, so long as we create peace among ourselves. Let us not lose the opportunity to develop this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I was in Elwak the other day to see the drought situation, most people there have lost 90 per cent of their livestock. We can set up a programme for northern Kenya where all the schools become the centre of economic development, by building boarding schools all over to enable every child to go to school. Within ten years, every child in Northern Kenya would have gone to secondary school and we will not have a problem like what we are facing today. It is us the leaders in this House who should do this. April 19, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 587 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Wetangula just spoke about our officers in the military barracks in Nairobi. These are real estates which we can use to make money to develop our economy. If we want to build roads in Nairobi, let us remove the military barracks from here and let us use the money to build roads and attract investments to Kenya."
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