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    "content": "our relationship with the Chinese. I am happy and I congratulate the Senator for coming up with this question, so that the Committee can look critically at how these people are behaving. The behavior of this group is completely different from any other group that has entered this continent or this country in particular. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, they have said that they are going to relook at the rights and freedoms of Kenyans. I want to give a very simple example in Uasin Gishu County, where the Chinese are constructing roads. In particular, we have a road that crosses the county from Naiberi all the way to Chebororwa. You will be surprised that these people will dig roads and make no diversions. In fact as you cross where they are working, you will have to maneuver between graders and bulldozers, and the workers are not allowed to stop for you. I personally went through this experience. The workers are terrified and they will not stop for you. Therefore, as they are scooping the soil, they expect you to sneak in through the machines. If you tell them to stop, they wave at you, telling you that the Chinese will not allow them to do so; and they do not want to lose their jobs. They are very terrified. This is the level we have reached, as Kenyans. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, apart from roads lacking diversions, they also just release water in all directions without digging trenches. Even where farmers have accepted that they can create waterways and direct the water, there are no waterways. Therefore, you find that you are sometimes going through a pool of water or a drift and, as a result, vehicles keep getting stuck because nobody knows the depth of those pools. Vehicles just sink into the muddy roads. Therefore, there is carelessness that is unmatched when it comes to these Chinese consultants. Finally, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I personally saw Chinese driving graders. I told myself that our young boys are sitting there, asking for the same jobs yet Chinese are grading the roads. Surely, how far can we go? If we are inviting people to come and work for us; how can we give them everything that exists? We have diverted water for them to their stations and connected them with electricity and yet they are just overdoing it. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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