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    "content": "of hon. Babu Owino can abuse people the age of his grandparents. It is imperative that when one is elected as a leader to the National Assembly or the Senate, he or she should grow up. He should not abuse his elders. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have many problems in this country. However, I am witnessing a different scenario. Those in the Opposition have taken it upon themselves to act as if they are heading the Government, in this case the Executive. They have said that elections are not supposed to be held. I would like to inform them that it is not their time to lead this country. Their time will come. They are not the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials. They should not say that some officials in the IEBC should be removed for elections to be held because they are not part of that organisation. We should be having a more serious agenda. We have a high level of unemployment in this country and we should start thinking of how to build industries so as to accommodate those who have no jobs. It is incumbent upon us to ensure that unemployed Kenyans get employment. We cannot do this when we are on the streets; we can only do this when we are sober and we have a clear mind of what we want. We should apply sobriety so that we can think about this country, development-wise, in a way that we can be creating employment and building industries so that this country can be like South Korea or Singapore. Way back in 1982, Kenya was at the same level with South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. But what is it that we are seeing today? We are seeing a country called Kenya that has been left behind. This is because we spend most of our time in politics; politics that is not defined and has no direction just to be heard that we are talking, instead of thinking about building our country. In the Second World War in China, people were eating snakes and grass because of poverty. But now, China is the second best economy in the world. I would like to see a Kenya that is developing like China, Malaysia and South Korea. I would not like to see a country of politics from day one of elections to the last day when we are going to the other election. We should mature and know that talking too much does not help.We should sit down, think, plan our country and implement what we have planned so that we can have a good country for our children. Our children need us to leave for them a good legacy; not a legacy which is always having political squabbles.We should mature from that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, our Judges are becoming political activists, as seen in the recent judgment that was made at the Supreme Court. The judgment that was made of annulling the presidential elections is a judgement that even a ten-year old should not make. These judges should be serious! We lost Kshs.10 billion because of somebody who did not want to listen to the voice of the people; somebody who is partisan and who thinks that there are some people who should not lead this country. This is a person who, in his mind, knows the President he wants and thinks that we should all abide by what he wants. We need constitutional changes at this moment in time because if this country goes on like this, it will go to the dogs. We need to have responsible people in senior positions. If we are going to have a Chief Justice who is not responsible, we are going to have war in this country. In the event of this country going to war, there is nobody who is not going to suffer, including the Judges who are making the judgement; including senior"
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