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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chea",
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        "legal_name": "Mwinga Gunga Chea",
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    "content": "The Government must equally pull up its socks on the issue of security. It is quite sad that a whole DCIO can just be shot like that. If a DCIO cannot have security, what happens to the ordinary mwananchi? This is an issue that the Government must address; it must be addressed to finality. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to comment on the state of unemployment in this country. We appreciate the fact that the Jubilee Government campaigned on the platform of creating employment. It is sad that a good number of our youth are not employed. It is the responsibility of the Government, that is in control and in charge of our affairs to ensure that employment opportunities are created for our youth. It is the absence of employment that has resulted in so many things, including the high crime rate. This is an issue that the Government should take up and address substantively. In supporting this Motion, I urge my colleagues to support devolution. Several years ago, and before the enactment of the new Constitution, we did not see money going down to the people. We are now happy because money has gone to the counties. What is left is accountability on the part of the governors and the people who administer these funds. Whether the governors are accountable or not, devolution is there to stay. We introduced it and we have to support it, so that our people can access services as is happening. Therefore, this recess will provide an opportunity for us to meet the governors and our fellow leaders in the county assemblies, so that we can assist the very people who elected us. Considering that time is not on my side, I take this opportunity to inform this House, and the nation, now we have the International Agricultural Show in Mombasa. This is an important event and all of you are invited to see the potential the region has. With those many remarks, I support."
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