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    "content": "for all these years and why has it never been confronted by the politicians? If you ask those questions, you will find that politicians in this country have been so naïve. They have been thinking of themselves more than the country. These are questions that need to be asked by any responsible leader. How did we come to this situation? We should not just keep saying that this country should have been like Japan or the Far East, because if you look at the political history of the Far East, they developed faster than us because when we had the Cold War, a lot of money was being spent to defend the interests of the Far East countries such as Korea, Singapore and the rest. They did not spend their money on anything else on their development because they were protected internationally. Therefore, they spend their money well. Madam Temporary Speaker, another thing we need to understand is that they got into the democratic system very fast when Kenyans were just slugging. In 1974, we were at par with the Far East countries. In fact, we were better than Korea and others. But something happened that this country started having problems from 1963 when some politician wanted this country to go into devolution and some politicians were strong enough to say no to it. We are now going back to what we rejected in 1963. So, a war of leadership and superiority started. But where did we go? That is what we are harvesting now that our youth are becoming impossible to manage. During that crisis, we did not tell our women and men not to procreate. They continued to give birth and those are the benefits you are reaping. We have to be extremely clear in our minds whether we are here to play or to please anyone. We created this Constitution with a purpose and that purpose was for the Senate to sit down and come up with laws that would be for this nation like the masterplan that my brother has just mentioned. It is a very progressive idea, but the question is: Would it have happened without the new Constitution? I think condemning a lady who just got a job the other day is superfluous. We should leave this lady alone. I even do not know her but I think she got a job like you and I and, therefore, she should not be condemned for nothing. If we think that she cannot carry forward the devolution portfolio, you know who to ask. They can replace her because they are here for the betterment of this nation. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other thing we have always known to forget is the structure of our economy. How has our economy been structuralized? If you have uncontrolled capitalism, that everybody must get as much as they can; it does not matter how much you steal as long as you have not been discovered, you go on stealing and then we expect to have a good economic system. I think time has come when we must ask ourselves how far we can allow one person to move in that direction. He could be encouraged to do whatever he is doing but he should be taxed to his nose so that that money which perhaps might have been stolen will go back to the people. That is the only way one can deal with this kind of a situation. I suggest that the Mover of this Motion withdraws it before we defeat it."
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