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    "content": "to do laptop project for primary schools. You are through with the campaign. Nobody is going to hold you to account right now. You need to accept what you are not able to do. If funds are not sufficiently available to meet it, it is better to admit that for now the laptop project needs to wait for another day. Those are the kind of admissions we need for the purpose of clarity and people having faith in the Government. What is not possible must be admitted. This will be my position. On corruption, you can only reduce corruption, you cannot eliminate it and it is part of society. It must be accepted that you do your bit to the extent that you are able to reduce it so that it does not affect the affairs of the Government and the people. The other point that I want to mention is the issue of ethnic conflict. Ethnic conflict in Kenya is at its worst, although it may be considered that some of these areas are periphery, perhaps in the consideration of the mainstream Government. They are not periphery, these are Kenyans. They have serious problems for example, in Moyale recently, which is part of Marsabit County and part of the County in North Horr Constituency, there has been serious conflict and I do not think the Government has addressed it to the extent that they have been addressing the issue of urban terrorism. It is terrorism where communities are turning on each other. It is a form of violence that needs to be controlled. It is a security problem. The other point I want to mention that requires the address of the President and the Jubilee Government is the threat of devolution; the threat of devolution to transparency and accountability. We have had very serious defiance from the county governments. They are completely repulsive to being controlled, checked, asked questions, or being audited. It is a big problem. As much as you may applaud that there has been some successes, in terms of having devolved services and finance to the people, are these units sufficiently enough so that devolution can be considered to have been worth it? That is a myriad of problems but that challenge is not necessarily to the Government, it lies in this House also. We have to look at the Acts we have created in the last Parliament. We have the issue of the workers. People are being threatened with loss of jobs. There is invalidation of collective bargaining agreements, which have for ages and decades controlled industrial relations between parties. We need to address these matters. Devolution must be checked to the extent that it is not creating unemployment. It is going to make many workers of this country suffer. On the overall, the President needs to be applauded for having made the requirement but there is a lot of work to be done. This must be admitted. The control of issues also lies upon the shoulders of this House. We must not run away from responsibility. It is not just about the President. We need to craft these laws so that they are in consonance with the needs of our people. With those few remarks, I support."
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