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    "content": "matter how small it is. This is the reason why we have the Bill of Rights that takes care of every Kenyan to have a home. Madam Temporary Speaker, we also need to look at what the President said on drugs and human trafficking. As women in this country, there are things that are happening and we need to pray to God to help our children. In Nairobi, today, you will be saddened because young people are now helpless because of alcoholism. I know that indeed if women take over, they will change what young people are thinking today and restore their lives because that is a generation that we need. The President talked about his continued and spirited campaign in ensuring we eradicate drugs. As he does that, we are praying that he will also look in Nairobi where we have flourishing clubs all over in residential areas where our children are. Some families have wished to sell their homes because they cannot stand what is happening. Therefore, as we speak of this we need to ask ourselves where we are headed as a country. I know and believe as women, we can help our country. Madam Temporary Speaker, the President gave us an assurance of how we are managing our debts and how we use our resources. What came out strongly is that from the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legislature, it is time for those who receive salaries that are beyond the reach of Kenyans to follow the recommendations of the Sarah Serem report. It is my prayer and hope that the next Parliament will appreciate that we need most of the money for development. They could also ensure other Kenyans are employed in sharing what we have. I also want to thank the President that since Independence we have more electricity connections. We thank him for that achievement. It is an achievement that today we have 220,000 elderly aged Kenyans who receive a monthly stipend for their own use. I also want to thank him for his aggressive road construction programme where today 1,950 kilometres of new roads have been completed and others are still ongoing. However, I would want to urge him to look at the western region roads especially within the Kakamega County. I remember it is in this Senate where I am the one who first brought the Motion of the National Youth Service. At that time, we felt as a Senate that if this programme will change lives of young people, then it will have helped young people to come up with different jobs. I want to thank the President for picking it up and ensuring that today, we are moving in the right direction. When we look at the people in Kibera, they have changed. What we see today is indeed a change that many would have wished to see many years ago. So, we have to thank him. Madam Temporary Speaker, most of the leaders that we have today especially in the Senate are part of a process of building our country. Today, they have an opportunity to ensure that there is a gain and a new foundation that will take our country to another level for the next 50 years as they leave. Our biggest achievement as Senate and what we need to ensure it continues is devolution. It will be there from now to the next generation of our children regardless of the challenges because with devolution, Kenyans are now able tosee their resources. However, the most important thing as we move on is to ask ourselves whereas Kenyans are celebrating devolution,we must also fight the vice of corruption at the national and the county level. It is our duty to ensure that. 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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