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"speaker_name": "Mr. Augustino Neto Oyugi",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to support the Prevention of Terrorism Bill. But I will be making substantive comments on that particular Bill later on. If you may permit me, I will take this opportunity then to proceed and make my Maiden Speech. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to thank the people of Ndhiwa for overwhelmingly voting for me and the party; showing that the party is still going strong. I would also like to thank the very able party leadership of ODM that came down to Ndhiwa to support the party. I would also like to thank the various Kenyans and people who supported our campaign; the Prime Minister and various Members of Parliament who did support us in one way or the other. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the people of Ndhiwa, there are a couple of Questions that I will be asking over the next few weeks. One of them, of course, that they are really interested in, is the issue of conclusively having a report on the plane crash of the late Member of Parliament. The people of Ndhiwa Constituency would really like this particular inquiry expedited and the report of the same given. This is because the people of Ndhiwa underscored the fact that under His Excellency’s Government, there have been several plane mishaps, and several of these inquests have never been tabled or concluded. So, it is in their interest that this particular one be expedited and the same report tabled. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that the people of Ndhiwa will be requesting is the fact that there were pledges made in terms of tarmacking various roads. I will be following that very closely over the next couple of days; that the various roads that were being tarmacked be concluded and promises fulfilled. Also, there were promises and pledges of a university being started in Ndhiwa. We will be following that very closely. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since I have thanked the people of Kenya and the various supporters, I really think that I come to this particular House at a time when there is a national crisis, if you permit me to say that. I swore today to protect and uphold the Constitution of Kenya. But if you may permit me, Article 43 of the Constitution does highlight what we call economic socio-cultural rights, which is the right to health and education, in Article 43(2). As we speak today, there are several health centres and public hospitals that are not functional. If you saw the way the Minister for Finance did respond to a question in a Ministerial Statement, I think that, that was rather callous because we have various Kenyans without healthcare. I really think that in the next week, I will be demanding for a Ministerial Statement on the status of the doctors’ strike as well as the teachers’ strike. This is because we have very many poor children who are staying out of schools. I really think that we should not balkanize this country in the sense that the rich are able to afford to go to school, whereas, the poor who go to public schools, are not in school now because of the ongoing teachers’ strike. So, the Government really needs to show leadership in this particular issue. I am hoping that next week, we will be seeing various conversations to support. I will be asking about these various Ministerial Statements next week. Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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