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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in this country, the average citizen in the streets will condemn you for having not stolen. You will hear people claiming that a particular person who held a certain position and did not steal is foolish. This is because he would have made a lot of money when he was in office. That is the indiscipline I am talking about. When you think about it, it is not encouraging in terms of the values that we hold as a nation. Those values must come from our education institutions. It is too late for some people, but it is not too late for our children. I believe that if we were to integrate these values in our teaching and education system, we can save the future generations of Kenyans. If you look at the challenges that our nation has, one of the biggest threats to the future stability of our nation is tribalism. Tribalism is what creates the circumstance where an individual who is caught engaging in corruption is surrounded by a clan or a tribe. You belong to a certain tribe first and then, secondly, a Kenyan and not a Kenyan first and then whatever background you come from second; be it religion or tribe. We must change this narrative through our education system. We have legislated and constituted it in our Constitution, but it is not enough to create law; we must also go to schools and teach our children these things. I am one of those who believe in the unpopular notion that all schools in our country should be national schools and be integrated, so that people can get to know each other and fight tribalism from the base. It is only when children associate with and know each other that the tribal feelings and behaviour will diminish in our nation. We must take action now because the future belongs to those who will be Kenyans first and then wherever else that they belong to, second. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the implementation of what the President spoke about is key and paramount to the success of the Jubilee Administration. I urge those who work for the President in the Cabinet, Civil Service and elsewhere not to embarrass him. When he says that something will be done, let it be done. For example, when the President comes to Karatina in Nyeri and tells the good citizens of Karatina that a certain market will be repaired, it must be done at a pace that suggests that it is the President who has said it. Two days ago I was watching television and saw my people of Nyeri, especially in Karatina Town, walking in mud and surrounded by clogged drains in a market that does not belong to the county government; it was built by the national Government. I was distraught and called the Cabinet Secretary on the same day to ask The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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