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    "content": "equality would be the third value. When you talk to us, Africans, you realize that equality comes first in our mental framework, and then possibly, justice and freedom can come in any order. It is, therefore, important that after we end the term of the Tenth Parliament, when the Eleventh Parliament begins it will be important that we all realize that we remain a country of very serious inequalities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we still have very high inequalities, regional inequalities and very big gender inequalities. I keep repeating that it was a shame that we could not legislate on the gender principle, the two-thirds principle. The country still expects serious efforts in achieving national reconciliation and healing. In this context, I wish to commend the Leader of Government Business, His Excellency the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs who has demonstrated that he stand s for national unity. I have had the opportunity to witness that when he talks national unity, he takes it seriously. When he talks peace, he actually takes it seriously. When he says we should implement the new Constitution in such a way that we achieve prosperity that will ensure that peace and national unity are fully consolidated amongst us. He takes those issues seriously. Initially when he told me: “I do not have to be President if there will be peace, unity and continuous prosperity that will ensure all our people avoids poverty in this country.” When we were negotiating in the CORD Alliance, he did further demonstrate that he actually means these values and they are part of him. I wish to commend him together with the Speaker for the leadership they have given in the National Assembly that is coming to an end. It is a pity that many of us still pay lip service to national unity. If it is going to be meaningful, it has to be national unity with equality of opportunity and adequate affirmative action. If we are not going to do that, it will remain lip service. Those who have will continue to dominate the rest; there lies the instability that this country can easily suffer. There lie the emotions that can be very explosive. I tried it in my county in Migori where we are eight constituencies with five different communities. There are big and small communities in our county. Similarly, there are big and small communities in so many other counties. But Kenyans are very far away from internalizing the values which we have already entrenched and established in the new Constitution. I tried negotiating and when it comes to the Senate as the House of communities in the future governance of our country, I said if the Luos who live in our province will have three senators and our neighbours Kisiis will have two senators, let the Kuria have at least one. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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