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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Peter Francis Masara",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Suna West",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. Before that, let me draw your attention to the fact that I want to make my maiden speech since this is the first time I have got the opportunity to speak in this House. First, I thank the people of Suna West for giving me an opportunity to represent them in this House. Allow me to give you the brief history of Suna West Constituency. This is one of the marginalised constituencies. This is a constituency that does not have even one police station. We do not have even one regular police officer. We have only two Government vehicles; one for the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) and the one for the Administration Police (AP) Commandant. Hon. Speaker, as I am in this Parliament, I request you to be supporting me so that I can support my people back at home. As somebody who has been elected as an independent Member in an ODM zone, it means those people have a lot of faith in me. Therefore, I am going to work for them as I promised them during my campaign. It was a very vigorous campaign. It was a very serious contest but through the mercy of the Lord, I managed to win. I am now here representing them. I am going to support them. I am going to work for them so that at the end of my five-year term, Suna West Constituency will be one of the constituencies which will appreciate electing a young Member of Parliament. If each constituency can be given equal opportunity in terms of development, many people will not fight over issues concerning the national cake. Areas like Suna West have been marginalised. We are up to the task. Suna West is one of the constituencies where cattle rustling very rampant between the Luo and the Kuria communities. As I mentioned earlier, in terms of security, we do not have many officers there. In terms of roads, Suna West has only one tarmac road – Road C13. I do not know whether it has been upgraded to another but I will know with time. We have very bad roads. Unfortunately, most of the roads were taken away from the ambit of the national Government and put under the county governments. I hope we will work together with them so that we get good roads in Suna West. Water is a big issue. Women are struggling and suffering. I will work hand-in-hand with all the stakeholders concerned in that field so that people can get water for domestic use. In terms of employment, the majority of the youth in Suna West Constituency are not employed. Some graduates are riding boda boda, while some are doing manual work. Some of them have masters degrees. I believe that if we get a good Government, we will create employment opportunities for the youth. Back to the Motion, I support it with a few reservations. As an independent Member, I have realised that so many independent applicants were rejected. The number is almost 13. The remarks given there is that there was lack of signature. They did not get this information on time. That is why they were rejected. I request that we change some of the Standing Orders so that independent candidates can get their specific slots during campaigns. For the EALA, I am requesting Members that we consider people living with disabilities so that they can be represented in the EALA. As well, let us give the youth opportunity. The animal called “experience” is denying the youth opportunity to get jobs. If you apply for a job anywhere, you are told you must have five years’ experience. If you just graduated the other day, you will not be given work. Where will you get this opportunity? When you say that we elect former Members of Parliament, for those 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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