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    "content": "Now it is drought; but two months down the lane, my Nyando Constituency will be flooded and the people will be moving houses. If you go to my constituency, in fact, my location is one of the poorest locations in terms of looking at the index. Why is that happening and yet we are just next to Kisumu City? This is due to lack of planning. People cannot have permanent residences because they have to move up and down when the rain comes. When the dry period sets in, it becomes very dry. These are some of the things that we should look into as a Senate to make sure that devolution and the county governments are working; food security is assured all over the nation and that we have electric power all over. We must also look at the quality of that power. It is very important that we do things at a time and do them properly as a nation. We should be united when it comes to developing this Kenya. When it comes to Kenya, we should make sure that the whole nation is developed at a rate that is sufficient and good for everybody. Civic education is very important and we must look at it because most of our people do not understand many things. For example, they do not understand what is at the national Government, what is at the county governments, what are the responsibilities of Women Representatives or even Senators. I hear they call Senators “flower girls.” I do not think we should be happy referring to ourselves as such. We should get out of that. The only way of getting out of that is by doing a lot of civic education so that the people understand the role of Senators. They should see that with the presence of Senators, there is value that we can add to the county governments. When you come to public participation, it is very important that our people participate in development. This is because when we were campaigning, we were telling them that we are bringing the government closer to the people. This phrase means that they must understand and participate in the governance of each and every county. Lastly, is the issue of Gender Based Violence (GBV). While we were on recess it was a very big issue. As women, we have to do a lot of work to reach many people. This is happening everyday – men killing themselves, their children and wives. It is so rampant. When such things happen, there must be a root cause. One of the root causes, as we know is poverty. It causes a mother to kill a child because of Kshs 50. This is because they were relying on that money to feed children or do something on that day. Most of these things, for example, alcoholism is because many people are very idle. There are many people who are doing nothing. So, these are some of the causes. Another issue is drugs. So many people abuse drugs. This is because people are losing hope. It is very important that we instill hope in our people and work towards eliminating GBV. It is an ill in this society. We must make sure that we deal with it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with that, I thank you for giving me the opportunity."
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