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    "content": "itself into a unit. We have been dispossessed of resources that we own and legitimate expectations to earn a living from the resource that is closest to you. You do not tell that other person to love you when you dispossess him. Nations are built on two fundamental principles; justice and equity. It is as simple as that. Give us justice and equity and we will have a nation. Take that away and you have no nation. We are all fearful of one another because we know how much you are willing to pounce in favour of your very own. Give somebody an opportunity and you will see him manifest his true colours. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to revisit another issue. We must now mitigate the transition, so that it is painless and this nation accepts the purview of the Constitution. I wish that this Committee can give guidance and leadership as to how we can devolve some of the assets without prejudicing Kenyans, so the interest of every Kenyan is protected and respected. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a country that hardly builds infrastructure. We are reactionary and ad hoc . Today, the entire infrastructure of Mombasa is dilapidated as a consequence of the heavy load that is replicated by the port itself. From the port, we have hardly invested in infrastructure. Look at the congestion. Did we not see that these lorries were lining up for the last 20 or 30 years? Why was there no expansion of the infrastructure? Today the entire infrastructure in Mombasa has been put under pressure. These questions come to us, as the immediate leadership of Mombasa, yet we know that they are national functions. We urge the Government to ensure that whatever it reaps out of the KPA, it re-invests it, so that we can have the necessary infrastructure to support that business. You cannot appropriate everything, including breadcrumbs. You leave nothing even for the birds which wake up in the morning. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the refinery is one of those manifestations of how we have neglected this country. Today hundreds of families face imminent danger of loss of livelihood. Did we not know that this country’s capacity is increasing? Could we not reinvest in the refinery? The refinery would have cost us US$5 billion over a period of time, just about the same amount of money which was a commission in one of the big projects that we have seen in this country, to build a certain railway."
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