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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to also note the report by the Head of State on the state of the nation. From the outset, this report looks very good and glossy. It talks about threats to national security and mitigation measures. I only wish to comment on that one report. I want to say that I will not mention this as one Member of one side of the coalitions of Government, but just as a Kenyan. The issues raised here are very weighty. Unfortunately, while we are getting reports mentioning threats to national security and mitigation, I am not seeing the real mitigation measures many times. I am just seeing the report. It talks about the issues that are happening. Mitigation is not coming out very clearly. I note that there are many problems we are facing as a country. The drug issue is a menace. Unfortunately, we all know that it has been politicised. It is going to the extent where people will talk about it in barazas and address it as if it is something to do with politicians yet we know it is something that is killing our youth. On cattle rustling and banditry, this is a problem that is affecting people even from areas that are closely associated with the Government. Recently, we heard an Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) say that those are problem areas. He defined those as areas where people cannot live because people are killing each other on a daily basis. On the issue of illicit brews and alcoholic drinks, you remember that fake campaign that was carried out. Sorry, I will not call it fake but the campaign that was carried out without proper planning. It ended up with sending many of my colleagues here to courts to address issues of vandalism and destruction of property yet the problem still exists up to now. On the issue of ethnic and inter-communal conflict, this is an issue that is really borne out of the sharing of national resources. If one or two communities feel they have an upper hand and share out positions and appointments within themselves, it is going to be an issue; it is going to continue. The Internally Displaced Persons are still in Kenya yet this is many years after that conflict occurred. It is something we need to address. We need to address this, not as politicians from one side or the other but, as Kenyans. Finally is the issue of food insecurity. I want to put this on record: I have noticed food is being distributed in Kiambu. I come from Machakos County and we have a similar problem. My Governor was on national TV saying that we have no hunger. It is unfortunate because even now, he just went and put on newspapers a road that is being done by the national Government The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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