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    "content": "economy. We should not only be looking at Nairobi, instead, every county should now be looking at ways of attracting more investments. On the issue of the Big Four Agenda, I reiterate the issue of healthcare, being equally informed by the Petition that was presented to this House on the state of our healthcare facilities. If citizens are to know that they can actually petition this Senate on issues of service delivery, we may have a second problem. The first problem that we have is the Statements. The second issue that we will have when citizens recognize their rights and then begin to petition this House will be Petitions. Healthcare is a fundamental right and I congratulate the President for recognizing that and putting it as one of his key agendas in transforming this nation. At the age of 70 years - I hope God gives me those years – I should be able to go to my local hospital in Narok. I want the people of Narok to recognize the time that I am here. I want to encourage us not to only react to that Petition. It behooves us to go and visit our healthcare facilities. The people of Narok sent me pictures today of a dilapidated healthcare facility with no medicine. I think they probably heard about this Petition. The only way we can support the President with his Big Four Agenda is by going to our rural areas. I thank the President for recognizing the important role that Senators play by ensuring that there is a budget for our oversight duty in the current Budget. The other issue on the Big Four Agenda which I hope to have enough time to comment on is on the issue of housing. It is imperative to plan before any houses are built and ensure that there is adequate water and schools. We do not want a situation where we have millions of houses mushrooming in this country where a few people benefit for developing them but we totally ignore the other services which are critical. If you go to some suburbs in Nairobi, you can find a beautiful house but seldom does it have water or electricity. This is because we concentrate many developments in one area. I want to encourage young Kenyans, now that we talk about unemployment, which is one of the things that Sen. Dullo spoke about, it behooves us to go out and educate youths in our counties who are graduating on how to register companies. We do not want a situation where this Government is going to achieve one of its main key agenda, which is housing, by importing labour from outside. We have got a lot of quarries here and natural resources. It is now up to us and this Government to ensure that at least 60 per cent of those jobs or tenders in housing are given to companies belonging to people with disabilities or the youth. My time is running out and I wish I had more time. I want to comment on the handshake. I have to admit that Kenyans suffer from two things, that is selective amnesia and gullibility. I want to be on record as having said that we will forgive but we will not forget. I hope that with this handshake, the families of those people who lost their loved ones will be compensated fully. I hope that the father of Samantha Pendo, a six months old baby who was killed, will be given an opportunity to get justice; and that the President and the Rt. Hon. former Prime Minister, Raila Amolo Odinga, will go there and apologise. I also hope that we have learnt as Kenyans. Let us take this handshake opportunity to not only say that we should forget but we should also learn from our mistakes. Let us not continue being gullible. I hope the team that was set up is not only The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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