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    "content": "who is being accused is not the governor. The explanation that is given is the alleged guilt of the governor. Even the writing of the report leaves a lot to be desired. Clearly, there is an issue as far as this Report is concerned. In graphic terms, it is what is known as “cut and paste”. You simply cut something and paste it on a specific page. I also want to support the President’s position on stepping aside of individuals mentioned in this Report. As much as the persons who have been asked to step aside may not be guilty, and I am convinced that the majority of them are totally innocent, I support that they step aside. We know them as good people. I know the gentleman Sen. Muthama referred to when he was contributing. We are age-mates and grew up together. As much as anybody might want to accuse Eng. Kamau, I am of the view, at a personal level, that his conduct and the way he has conducted himself through his life is such that it is very difficult to envisage a situation where he is committing crime as alleged in this Report. But he did the right thing to step aside so that the innocence that we know he has, can be established clearly. I have no doubt that the same case applies to many individuals on this list. Having said that, I want to commend the President on matters he raised in the Speech. For example, only a person who does not see or a person who refuses to see cannot appreciate that the economy of this country is growing. A six per cent growth of any economy is noticeable. In economics, we talk about the multiplier process and there are those who will say that the growth has to do with infrastructure like the railways and other big projects that are not being felt at the grassroots level. That is normal. Big projects permeate downwards in what economies call the multiplier process. Money eventually gets to the grassroots level because it must go somewhere. All these projects being launched, including the lowering of electricity cost by 30 per cent, never in my memory have I seen the cost of anything as major as power go down by that margin. These are gains that we must applaud and be proud of as Kenyans. It is not the President or the Jubilee administration that are going to benefit from this activity. A per capita of US$1,246 per annum is very commendable, especially when we know where we live. Not too long ago, we had a per capita income of about US$300 per person. This growth again is bound to be felt at the ground level. Not too long ago if you walked around the villages in Bungoma, Nyeri and other places you noticed this growth by very small illustrations. You would walk around and see many people without shoes. Ten years later, the average Kenyan is walking along the road wearing slippers or some form of shoes. There are some countries like Rwanda where it is illegal to walk around without wearing shoes. President Kagame simply said everybody must wear shoes. We like people to do their own things in this country. We can tell from the way people dress that our economy is doing well. Our economy even in the rural areas has improved. The growth of agriculture and its industrialization will have something to do with value adding in agriculture. In this country, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has grown tremendously. In Africa, Kenya has become renowned as the continent’s ICT nation. Out of the 450 innovations that were announced within the African Continent last year, 200 of them were innovations by the Kenyan youth. This is a big achievement by The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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