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"content": "About two years ago, I brought before this House the case of a Kenyan who had been killed by an American citizen, who ran out of the country after two days. He engaged in a criminal act of killing a Kenyan, refused to take responsibility and instead chose to run out of this country. This was the case of the late Haji Lukindo whose wife was expectant at the time. We were given an undertaking that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade would take up the matter with the United States of America (USA) Embassy in Nairobi and the USA Government so that some form of compensation would be given to the deceased’s family. This is a very important matter. It concerns the people of Kenya, but nothing has happened. There are very many other issues which have not been acted upon. Motions are brought here and we make resolutions. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we were with you in the last Parliament. You know that whenever a Motion was passed, it would be implemented. One of the landmark Motions that we passed in this House was on provision of sanitary towels to all adolescent girls in schools. It was implemented immediately when we had a mix of parliamentary and presidential system. This is a pure presidential system. Parliament is supposed to have more powers but we are being taken for granted. The resolutions of this House are not being acted upon; we are becoming a talk shop. We need to pass a resolution to command the Executive to implement the resolutions of this House because we are the only ones who are elected by the people of Kenya. We cannot be speaking in vain."
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