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    "id": 255768,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Maore",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Maoka Maore",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, even if there are 33 Ministries, we know that, for example, in a typical police unit there is the OCPD, the DCIO, the Special Branch Officer et cetera . Those are many sub-departments. So, we expect some economic sanity to prevail. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second issue that we used to grapple with is the culture of tribalism. The Government of the day is almost making tribalism a fashion. If you look at the latest three appointments of the three key parastatals namely: The National Social Security Fund (NSSF), the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), you only need to check on the respective Ministers to get a link on who is heading those parastatals. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must get a strong clearing house to enable the youth get jobs. If we do not do that, we will have this struggle for power perpertuated forever. For one to become a managing director of a parastatal, he must have one of his own in a Ministerial position. This balancing does not happen by chance. It has to be done by people. We need to recognize that the national mosaic of this country are youths. It does not make sense for people to almost write Government policies in their mother tongue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue I want to raise is about drought, which was mentioned by the Mover and Seconder of this Motion. For many years, we have been aware that after every four years, we must have drought in this country. I would like to ask the Government to make sure that it gets its early warning systems right. When there is a drought, we do not want to have people and animals dying on the first or second month of the onset of drought. Many countries like Egypt have not had rains for the last 20 years, but have utilised the waters of the River Nile. I would like to request the planning section of this Government to utilise our water resources. We have people living in the lower Eastern Province, where the River Tana sweeps away animals whenever it rains, and yet the Government leaves its water to flow into the Indian Ocean. We need to utilise these water resources. We also need to have long-term policies, which will enable us to know that four years from now there will be another severe drought in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of youth, it is a pity that the Government has created the Ministry of Youth Affairs, but when you look at the pattern of appointments you find that it does not favour the youths. For you to be a respected chairman of a board of directors in this Government, you must be over 70 years old. For you to be a managing director of a parastatal you have to be older than the chairman of the board."
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