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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
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        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to congratulate the gracious lady who has just spoken. I agree with her that women are, indeed, marginalised, particularly by the Government. I know that she worked in Samburu District and she knows how marginalised the Samburu women are. I urge you to talk to your colleague in the Office of the President and request him to ask District Commissioners (DCs) to appoint women in the Food Distribution Committees. March 29, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 205 The District Steering Group (DSG) in Samburu District is male-dominated. It has no women to distribute food. Secondly, I would like to urge you to talk to your colleagues in the Government to appoint a woman Permanent Secretary an accounting officer. Why is the Permanent Secretary in charge of internal security the accounting officer for famine relief? There is a woman Permanent Secretary by the name Rachel Arunga. She is a Permanent Secretary without accounting powers. Let us not be told that we are waiting for the next financial year. The Permanent Secretary, Treasury can, by a stroke of a pen, appoint an accounting officer. We do not see any reason why men are dominating the distribution of food, other than kukula hiyo chakula . Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the agenda given to us by the President was very good. It targeted the improvement of the welfare of Kenyans. The agenda included irrigation, small and medium scale enterprises, micro-finance, deposit-taking and saving and co-operative societies. It also included information communication technology, cotton, sugar-cane and wildlife. All those are concerns of my constituents, and I am very happy about the President's agenda. However, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a mis-match between the President's vision and that of the Executive. If you look at the agenda that has been given by his administration, it includes: The Kenya Maritime Authority Bill, the Retirement Benefits Bill, the Tobacco Bill, the National Museum Bill and the HIV/AIDS Bill. There is only one agenda that this adminstration has recognised in the vision of the President. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to appeal to the Leader of Government Business to see what can be done so that he lines up the Bills which the President himself mentioned in his Speech so that we can begin to deal with issues affecting Kenyans. We also need to work a little bit more harder. We should extend our working hours so that we can cover those Bills that were mentioned in the Presidential Speech."
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