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"content": "I would like to concur with hon. Mungatana and hon. Ojaamong on the sentiments they have raised. There is something called âequityâ and âfairnessâ. As political leaders, we are here to ensure fairness and equity in this country. The laws we pass here are for this nation. Those laws are supposed to enable this country to be united and enable Kenyans to move forward together and develop to the same level. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have created two levels of government, as contained in our new Constitution. We will have the national government and the county governments. Those two levels are coming up. It is the responsibility of those in government at the two levels to prioritise what they want for their governments. So, the issue of development of mansions or offices for governors should be left to the respective counties. Once the county governments are elected, they should be responsible for the monies that will be allocated to them, and not the current Government. It is also important that the Registrar of Political Parties responds to the request made by my political party: That indisciplined political parties should be removed from the register of political parties. The only way we can do this is by ensuring that political parties have proper discipline, and that members of political parties toe the line of their political parties. We cannot afford to have some members going against the lines of their political parties; not even in terms of voting in this House. So, I want the Registrar of Political Parties to respond to my letter, so that we reign in the indisciplined members of political parties. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of security is paramount to this country. It is the responsibility of any government to provide security and protect its citizens and their property. This Government is trying to do this but you realise that the security organs in this country have not been well funded to enable them to effectively deal with the insecurity situations emanating from across our borders. One of the problems is the Kenya/Somali border. We want the Government to ensure that, in the next Budget, the security organs of this country are well funded, so that they can be able to match the threat that is coming from across our borders. I will now dwell a little on the issue of the Constitution and say that implementation of the new Constitution is very important. With all the Bills that the Government has listed for debate and enactment into law, it is imperative that we commit ourselves to passing them, so that we can deal with the issues of impunity and corruption, which are actually impeding development in this country. We have a lot of corrupt people in the current system. You realise that several Bills for the creation of several commissions have been prepared but none of them has been brought to this House to be debated. So, in order for this House to move forward the agenda of constitutional reforms, we need to implement the new Constitution so that we can reign in on the issue of indiscipline and deal with corruption and impunity. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, on the issue of equity, if you look at Government appointments, you will realise that the interests of minority communities have not been taken care of. In all the commissions that exist today, you can hardly see a person from my community. I am not saying that I am a tribalist. I am saying that minority communities should be given their fair share in this country. We are 42 communities in this country, and each community must be given its fair share. The House will recall that when we were forming the Grand Coalition Government, the appointing authority had to demote a Cabinet Minister from a minority community, so that we could bring on board persons from communities with bigger numbers. That was unfair, and it should not have happened in a civilised country like ours. On the issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC), we believe, as a party, that referral is very important, but with a credible judicial system in place, so that we can carry out legal procedures without any manipulation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as the issue of development is concerned, there is no equity in the distribution of infrastructure funds. There is no need of treating all constituencies equally when some are highly developed and others have no infrastructure at all. We need to change this policy, so that other parts of this country can come to the same level with the highly developed areas. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are an eyesore in this country, and they need to be resettled. The Government should take these people back to where they came from and provide them with security. For the new IDPs from the Mau Forest, the Government should provide them with alternative settlement because they were removed from their settlements, in the forest, by the Government. So, they should be given alternative land to settle on. With those very few remarks, I beg to support."
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