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    "content": "need to go to Mombasa to rest. If at all, if it was a matter of resting, I would be very reluctant to support it. I want to ask the Hon. Members that when we get to Mombasa, let us get down to serious business. Let us use the three days well because it is being funded through the taxpayers’ money. Let us exploit those three days and learn something so that when we come back, whatever we shall have learnt and the interactions we will have with the experts from Australia, Canada, USA and other jurisdictions would be of benefit to the way we conduct business in this House even in terms of legislation. As a matter of fact, we are elected to legislate, represent our people and oversee and we will have an opportunity. I have no doubt. I have looked at the list of the resource persons and I have no doubt that this seminar would be of value and most Members will come out of it resourceful. Those of us who have not even participated in legislation will be very ready to propose legislation. I am happy that some Members of Parliament who have even come in for the first time, like the Member for Tiaty, have started thinking very big to a point of even bringing in a Constitutional (Amendment) Bill. It is not very easy to prepare a Constitutional (Amendment) Bill. These Members need to be encouraged and praised. As to whether that Bill will go through or not, that is a different story. The most important thing is as a legislator, you are required to come to this House and generate legislation. It is not just a question of talking. What will you be remembered with when you leave here? In the period that you spent in this august House, did you come up with any piece of legislation? Finally, there are certain developments in the country that I hope going forward, we will see a change. We have spoken about this before. I see the Kenya Police Service as a representative of our people. It is high time both sides of the House talked about it. It does not make sense whether you are in Jubilee or NASA when a young man who is pursuing his education at the university is shot dead. The parents have spent a lot of money bringing up this young man; he has been educated; is about to complete his studies; has just been elected as the Secretary-General and for no reason, the police shoot him dead. It is something that must worry us as a country. That is why we have spoken about this, that we need serious reforms in the police. The reforms we are calling this country to accept to carry out is not idle talk. This young man was a student at Meru University. For those who thought police probably become rogue in certain areas, I am sure when you watched what happened in Meru, you will now have a second thought. There is need to reform the police in this country. I hope when we come from Mombasa, it is going to be one of our priorities to look again at where these reforms stalled. Police reforms is something that we were very keen about under the Agenda Four items immediately after the 2007 elections. I had the privilege because I was in this Parliament with a few of us in the 10th Parliament. This is a matter that we took so seriously. In fact, we always talked about Agenda Four. However, we have lost the steam and we must get back to the rail. Hon. Speaker, with those very many remarks, I support this Motion. I ask Hon. Members that this is the time that we are not going to rest in Mombasa. Many of us were very busy. We wanted to be elsewhere on those days especially on Sunday and Monday, but because it is an important event, we are deciding to join all of us in Mombasa and more will be discussed there. Thank you, very much Hon. Speaker, I second."
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