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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I heard some hon. Members mourning that they come from disadvantaged districts of this country. I have been here for nine years now and I have heard that cry year in, year out, when we discuss the Budget. We are told that special funds have been allocated for the ASAL. When will that cry end? If this House has not contributed to that misery, why have we not allocated adequate funds to those areas and make sure that the programmes that we have budgeted for are implemented, so that our people do not die of hunger? When will hon. Members who come from the so-called potential areas, which are quickly becoming unpotential, shoulder the burden of supporting the ASAL areas? There must be a stop to some of these issues. Otherwise, we will contravene the Pareto curve of welfare. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to bring order to this country, so that when we embark on something, we achieve it before we move on to something else. I travelled around this country during the Referendum and I saw hordes of young people who have not been employed and there is no likelihood of them being employed in the next 20 or even 30 years. It is sad that they will attain the retirement age before they get employed. This House, every year, passes a Budget without looking into whether the Government can create public jobs. A month ago, this Government allowed machines to be imported to facilitate the picking of tea in our tea estates. As soon as those machines arrive in this country, more than 200,000 people will be rendered jobless. This House is capable of stoping importation of such machines. That is why I am saying this House is allowing chaos. 168 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 29, 2006 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, disorder is ungodly. If you look at the way God has organised you, everything is in order. The eyes are facing the front, the canal system is down, so that you can excrete. The feet are also wide, so that they can support the body. When you allow disorder, there are only two results, both of which are very bad. One is chaos. We begin killing each other and running away from Committees and giving out public reports to gain political mileage. We then begin to make emotive statements and dividing the nation of Kenya. That causes chaos. When chaos penetrates into our country, it becomes difficult to uproot it. The second consequence we may suffer, which is not as bad, is to create a despot out of a priest. Some of us may think that President Kibaki is a very weak and meek person, which is not the case. However, with the advisors he has around him, he could easily create dictatorship in this country, in the next few months. I can see that happening soon. We saw policemen raid a media house. Why did they do that? They could have walked into the media house in broad daylight and said that they wanted to close it down. The Government has the mandate to close down a media house if it is found to be inciting violence in the country. Why did they have to use force? It is shocking that we are not doing anything to improve the lives of our people. We are demanding to have Mombasa made a free port. If that was done, it would be creating, within five years, a million jobs. That has already been done in Dubai and Djibouti. I cry for this country. We must create some order. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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