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    "id": 255080,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Section 17(5) of this Act does not allow the President to appoint Ministers from Opposition parties without authority from those parties. So, this is an issue which the Chair must address. From today, we demand that the issue be addressed, so that we get clarity. Even the President mentioned in his Address to this House that he wants legislative leadership. It is, therefore, critical that the Chair addresses this issue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in his Address, the President specified that the economy of this country has improved. Why then has he not given a strategic plan on how to redeem the people who have been affected by the current drought? He did not mention the issue of restocking the livestock that was lost to the drought. This is a very critical issue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President did not say whether his Government intends to redeem or waive the loans owed to the Agriculture Finance Corporation (AFC) by 176 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 29, 2006 people who have been affected by the drought, as the Government did when coffee farmers incurred losses arising from a similar situation. He did not say how his Government intends to assist secondary school and college students from the affected areas. We want the Leader of Government Business to take this message to the Government, so that these issues can be addressed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister for Planning and National Development, who is also the Acting Minister for Energy, mentioned that the East African Portland Cement Company made a profit of Kshs1 billion. The company does mining in my own constituency but we get nothing from it in return. Why does the Government not repatriate 10 per cent of that amount to my constituency for development? I urge the Government to go that direction and ensure that a portion of the profit made by the company is repatriated to my constituency. A certain percentage of this revenue should be ploughed back to us, otherwise, time will come for us to demand for it. You will realise that the Nigerians in the Oil Belt demanded the shares of the oil revenue. We may end up demanding for this revenue if the Government is not going to ensure that a certain percentage of the revenue is ploughed back to develop the districts of its origin. The amount of money which is generated by the sugar industry in Mumias is ploughed back to Western Province. Why is the Government not doing the same in Kajiado Central?"
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