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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bahari",
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Bahari Ali Jillo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. It is good, like many other Members have said, that this Parliament had the opportunity, together with the rest of Kenyans, to pass the new Constitution, which is a celebrated Constitution. But it is one thing to have the Constitution and another thing to inculcate a culture of constitutionalism in this country. I had the opportunity to peruse constitutions of other countries, which are very well-written and which appear democratic, but when you go to the ground, you will be surprised how those books have been put aside and dictatorship has prevailed. Therefore, this is a warning to the rest of us Kenyans that at all times, we must watch how the Executive, the Judiciary and everybody else is applying that Constitution, including Parliament. This must be watched out very carefully because it is not guaranteed that although the Constitution has been passed, the culture of constitutionalism will be put in place. We have heard in a number of countries where even there are no elections everybody talking about the democratic republic of so and so and the democratic republic of âBâ and âCâ yet there is not an element of practis1e of democracy in those countries. Some of these good words have been hijacked and used by dictators. It is the culture that is necessary. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I stand where I do and you sit on that seat, we have to apply democracy. We must apply our Constitution and interpret it as is required. Therefore, Kenyans must watch out as we progress, particularly at this time when the enabling Bills are coming to the Floor of this House. It is incumbent upon the membership of this House to watch out very carefully and take keen interest. It is not business as usual, I warn. Therefore, we must be vigilant through and through. Having said that, we are coming from the old dispensation and a lot of the people who are going to apply the new Constitution are cultured in a manner that represents the old dispensation. As we know, change does not come overnight. Because it does not come overnight, there is need for us, particularly Parliamentarians, to ensure that at the grassroots level, namely, the locational level where we have the chiefs, the police, the Administration Police officers and the elders, the spirit of the new Constitution is not abrogated and shelved, so that Kenyans can really and truly realize the benefits of what they voted for. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, coming to the issue of GDP and economic growth, I do realize that the President appreciates as one of his pet subjects; the growth of the economy. It is one thing to grow and another for people to realize the benefit of that growth. In Kenya, for example, the economy at the aggregate level has grown to a level that can be appreciated, but those benefits end up not coming down to the people. A classic example is as Mr. Wamalwa and the Minister for Agriculture have said, the Rift Valley where there is plenty of food. We are seeing huge silos where there is plenty of food. On the other side is northern Kenya, there is drought and serious scarcity of food. The Government has not given due attention even after the top echelons of this Government; the Permanent Secretaries, the Prime Minister and many Ministers have gone round those areas. It is just about food in the stores. The issue is not about food in the stores. Have we been able to distribute this food to the food deficient areas? We have not been able to do so. We have not addressed this issue as is required. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to come to the issue of the youth. I am happy that Mr. Kabando wa Kabando is here. It is high time that this Ministry also started evaluating the status of their programmes. A lot of the things that we do are things that were done by dictators. The programmes that we are doing for the youth are those which were done by dictators in the 17th Century. We talk of Kazi kwa Vijana programme where they clear a bush here and there. That is not how we will create sustainable employment. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we can create sustainable employment through value addition. We can do this by creating genuine employment. Not the business of digging holes today and filling them tomorrow. That does not add value to this country. It is high time they seriously criticized and critically looked at their programmes and involved Members of Parliament, so that we have genuine employment programmes. There are programmes that this Ministry has put in place. We do appreciate that it is a step forward and that there is a Ministry which is there to look at these issues. However, the problem in this country is when people get to the top positions, they think of how to amass wealth. They forget the people who voted for them and their focus is the issue of amassing wealth."
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