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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waititu",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Munyua Waititu",
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    "content": "that we have had in this country, we have wronged each other. When he says that we should apologise to each other, this should happen in this House. I know that we do not have an Opposition in this National Assembly. We only have Minority and Majority Parties. Hon. Speaker, I thank you for the ruling on the issue of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, where I am a Member. I got a chance to visit Kisumu Town with a committee where my friend, hon. Jakoyo Midiwo, is a Member. We went round Kisumu with hon. Jakoyo Midiwo and we were well received. We ate lunch together with the members of the community around there. We should learn, even in Parliament that we are one people in this country. On corruption, I support what the President said. If we are going to allow corruption to take root in this country, then we are heading nowhere. I support the directive that the people who were mentioned in corruption should step aside, so that the matter can be investigated. I know some allegations are not true. I am a victim of allegations, but I will be proved guilty or not guilty. When one is proved not guilty, then he can go back to his work. Some counties have been mentioned. When you look at the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), and I have visited various constituencies for Harambees with some Members of Parliament, you will see the good work the CDF has done in the constituencies. As Members of the National Assembly, we agree to be audited, so that if there is any corruption, we are held responsible as individuals. On security, security in this country is wanting. In Juja Constituency, we have a very high population of 600,000 students at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology within a very small area. With regard to security, some Members have said that the buck stops with the President. We need to recruit more officers, but not go to the courts to stop the recruitment of police officers. Today, the President may say that he is going to increase vehicles in police stations; we have agreed in this House to recruit another 10,000 police officers but the courts have disallowed it; how are we going to maintain our security? It is time for us to sit down, as the 11th Parliament, and talk to each other and agree because the 11th Parliament has a lot of powers."
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