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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also support this important Motion. I would like to start by congratulating the schools and the students who performed well in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE). Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has been noted that the number of students who have qualified to join university has now risen to about 97,000 and the Government is not prepared yet to admit them into our universities. I brought a Motion to this House which said that we should bridge the gap between what is paid by regular students and what is paid by Module II students. I hope that will be done so that we can have as many of these students who have qualified joining our local universities. In any case, we spend a lot of money on students who study outside the country. That money could otherwise be spent in this country. So, I take this opportunity to congratulate the students and the schools that did well in the KCSE. I hope that it will be an example to be emulated by the other schools and students who have not performed well. The Member for Garsen talked about the privatization of the Port of Mombasa. I think the issue of privatization of national corporations or assets like the Port or the sugar companies--- I think there are a number of assets or items that were listed for privatization by the Government. However, now that we have a new Constitution which is supreme while the privatization law was passed in 2005, the Government has to re- examine that matter again. Even the other day, when we had a meeting in Mombasa about the Port, we found that the Members, the leadership and the locals had not been involved. The Government just wants to sell public assets or institutions without due regard of the people to whom these institutions belong. As we go on recess, the Government should ponder over this matter. The Minister promised that he will hold meetings and consult the locals. This is a matter that should be thought out fully before it is implemented. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the recent nominations--- We have Committees in this House so that they can work together and come up with recommendations on which they have all agreed to. There is no point of having Committees in which people agree on this but when they go to the public, they say totally different things. I am told that even the issue that has been generating some heat in this House this morning about Justice Visram--- I am told that the people who opposed the name of Justice Visram in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs are the ones who are now saying that they supported. We do not want this kind of thing from our leaders. When we are elected to this House, we are elected from various backgrounds. There may be minimum qualifications for us to come to this Parliament, but by the time we come here, we come to the National Assembly. We must be able to represent the interests of every Kenyan as national leaders because this is the National Assembly. The issue of saying that I am the Member for Vihiga and when I am appointed a Minister, I start thinking about my brothers and sisters should not arise. That is not why we were elected to this House. That is what we are portraying in this House as leaders, and I find it very pathetic. The universities and colleges we go to do not give us certificates which say whether somebody is a Kikuyu, a Luo, a Kamba, a Borana or anything like that! They give us a certificate which will enable us serve the nation. So, I would like hon. Members and particularly those who are Ministers--- This is happening in parastatals. We discussed this in this House. Somebody is appointed a Minister and the first person to appoint is somebody from his tribe. I think we should desist from that habit. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of separation of powers, somebody said recently that because the matter was brought to this House, Parliament was not respecting the separation of powers. I do not think Parliament should be used to rubber stamp what the other arms of the Government want to do. When the Executive is unable to discipline its Ministers, it should not use Parliament to discipline them; that we have to sit here for a long time trying to vote on an issue which the Executive should have taken responsibility. The rains are coming in some places and money has been voted. I am happy that the Minister for Roads has said in this House that he has allocated some roads some money. I think it is time for us to go back to the constituencies so that we can spend the money. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Motion."
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