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    "content": "ready to work for this nation called Kenya. Therefore, I want to thank all of us. We have had a very long time refreshing, reflecting and looking at the way forward. On our side, I must say that it was a very busy schedule for us as the National Super Alliance (NASA) community. We managed to perform one of the very historic events in this country that will have to go down in history and the fact that it was done successfully. I think right now we are on a level playing ground since the National President is there as well as the People’s President. That is very important. Therefore, the most important thing that we should do is that we must dialogue, because you can have the country on one side but you do not have the people. So, for us to move forward, the two parties should sit together and move this country forward. It will not move being carried by one side or by one single person. It is also very important that we should note that Kenya does not belong to one or two people. Kenya is a nation with 47 million people and we must look at the bigger good for all us. So, if you are a leader, even if you go back to the Bible and you see what it says on the type of leaders that went very far and left tangible results, they were those who listened. As much as we were under one party, I remember that President Moi listened so much to the voice of the people. So, we should learn some of these traits from our former leaders. They may have had their own mistakes, but there were also very good sides of them. So, moving forward, it is very important for leaders to listen to each other; to sit, discuss and understand where the people are hurting. Many speakers have gone before me and one thing we must accept is that Kenya is divided; it is hurting and we are missing out on very many issues. On the issue of water, there is no water in even in Nairobi. Where I live, I must buy water, which is very unfortunate. We cannot plan the Nation or a city like Nairobi that is growing very fast; it is being counted as one of the fastest growing cities in the world and yet we do not come up with infrastructure that should take care of the growth. We have seen a lot of houses coming up, Nairobi is changing by the day but we are not looking at the infrastructure. There is no water, the roads are being worked on--- Thank God for the former Prime Minister, who was in the Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing because we can now see what is happening in this nation, where the infrastructure is working very well in the whole country. The roads are being done but water is a big problem, and it is not only in Nairobi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at Turkana, sometimes you wonder if it is part of Kenya. You will also ask the same about West Pokot and Baringo Counties. Surprisingly, Baringo County produced a President who ruled for 24 years. Could we not even just drill boreholes for these people to make sure that they have enough clean water? Water is life; it is a necessity and everybody should have clean water. So, as a nation, we are lagging behind and as the Senate, we should move very fast to make sure that Kenyans have access to clean water. The moment we have water, we will have food. We cannot talk of food security without looking at the issue of water. The dams are there and there are so many people who can build dams; and I wonder how much a dam costs. I do not think it is very expensive. So we should be very strategic in planning to make sure that there is clean water flowing and also water for irrigation. The moment we continue to rely on rainfall or rain-fed agriculture, we will never feed our people and we will always be talking about drought and floods."
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