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    "content": "Some of us are self-created business people. We know the number of people that we employ and the taxes we pay. We should just close our eyes and say that enough is enough and stop these big projects that we are putting up in this country at the expense of the poor people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in your county, people mainly rear livestock. You will bear me witness that during the drought season, these people suffer and lose their livestock. They cannot drive their animals to the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) because KMC does not have money. Money was allocated to the National Youth Service (NYS), but it ended up being stolen. The report by the Auditor-General year in, year out, shows billions of shillings are squandered. If you drive along Thika Road, you will find young men selling roasted maize and flowers on the road. The contractor of the road did not consider such people. Contractors should create spaces on the roadsides where small business people can sell their products. That will ensure that we eliminate theft and other criminal activities that are taking place in the country. If we empower the common people, a big number of them, including teachers, will turn to fish-keeping. Secondly, the professionals who are experts are jobless because the Government cannot employ them. As Sen. Wamatangi said, we should not focus on those people who can manage themselves. We should not focus on the Muthamas, the Wamatangis and the owners of the banks in this country, including my friend Dr. James Mwangi. We should consider the people who need our help and change their lives. A good example is the industry I am in. We have small-scale miners in this country who struggle in search of minerals. They lack guidance, yet we have trained geologists walking in the streets of Nairobi in search of jobs. The Government just needs to spend a small amount of money to hire those experts and send them to guide these small-scale miners. Again, once the minerals are produced, they do not belong to the miners, but the country. They will be sold outside Kenya and the country will make money. The other example is fish farmers. They are struggling due to lack of experts to guide them. In Thailand, the tuk tuks are allowed to go everywhere in the city centre of Bangkok and all other cities. The same happens in Malaysia. In Kenya, the Government wants to phase out the 14-seater matatus so that they can allow the big shots who can buy 52, 82 and 120-seater buses to operate in the city centre. The people who deserve to be assisted by the Government are being chased away. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the traffic jams in Nairobi are caused by the big vehicles which are not owned by the common mwananchi. The best way to go about it is to allow these people to use boda bodas . I should not be driving from Runda—"
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