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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion and also welcome Mr. Gitari to the Club of the 222 Members. I want to begin by saying that this recess is much needed. A lot has been going on. Generally, hon. Members are fatigued. More importantly, we have spent the last two or three months, coming in and out of this Parliament, without achieving much. This was a special session called to pass the Vetting of Judges Bill and the Judicial Service Bill. We should have done that and gone back to work for our people. This recess may be important for hon. Members because over 70 per cent of hon. Members are new in this Parliament. Because of the events of this 10th Parliament, we had an unfortunate start. Even though we are parliamentarians, I think we are required to be seen in the constituency. Personally, I wish to apologise to the people of Gem that these events do not allow me as much time to see them as I had in the previous Parliament. I think many of us will pay for it when the elections are called. So, it is important that we are not here on taxpayers money when we do not need to be here. I am sure we need this recess. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we go home, one issue that members of the public will be raising with their hon. Members is that they want to be given a chance to join the police force. I am happy that Mr. Ojode from the Ministry is here. The Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security has said that they are recruiting policemen. He should tell me how many will be recruited in Gem Constituency. When he does so, he should tell me who he has recruited. We are tired of begging for the rights of our people. We are very tired. This Government must move with the times of the day. The Government must move to the 21st Century. If they will recruit people across the country, they should not do it in darkness. That is our past. We are moving to the future. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP), we want the Office of the Prime Minister to issue an all-inclusive circular of what is expected of the hon. Members as their role. Some of our roles are being usurped by civil servants. Much of this is now engulfed in a lot of corruption. I think that was not the intention of ESP. We must do the right thing and get a circular as we go home. We want to know how we will implement the road funds, the market funds and the Jua Kali funds, so that we can watch what these people are doing. These things have turned into cash cows for some very senior civil servants. We cannot accept that. Our work is already difficult and we must try to make it easier. Lastly, I want to comment on the issue that keeps bringing quarrels across the country, particularly amongst the politicians. I am glad that the Leader of Government Business is here. The Prime Minister and the President must put and hold this country together in the spirit of the National Accord. No Kenyan is willing to see Kenyans tried in a foreign land. We would like to sort ourselves out here like it was done in South Africa and is being done the world over, so that we can move together as a country. Going to Gaddafi or Mubarak, we will not help, if we are not together. I want to plead with the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs to take the higher moral ground. We are human beings and we are paid by taxpayersâ money. He can call us so that we talk and see where the rain started beating us. Let us not say: âSo- and-so is interested in taking Kenyans to The Hague.; so-and-so is not interested in doing that.â Kenyans died and people must get justice even if---"
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