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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the Motion. First, I would like to congratulate all Kenyans for enacting a new Constitution in a very peaceful manner. We now can say proudly that we have a Constitution that will be availed to generations to come. As we go on a recess, it is important to note that we still have the IDPS. In my constituency, I recently received a total of about 2,000 IDPS. Those are issues that we would certainly want to deal with during the recess. It is important that those issues are put to rest. The Minister has promised that by October this year the last IDP will have been settled and we hope that will be achieved. Others have also talked about squatters. They are there across the country. It is important that we, as a nation, address the issue of squatters. We have them in our constituencies. I have them in Ndaragwa. They seem to be a forgotten lot because they have been there for well over 30 years. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even as we talk of the many achievements that we have attained, we still have a number of concerns to think about. We have issues that I know will occupy a bit of our time. One that has not received quite some attention during the couple of weeks that we have been here is the issue of unpaid dues to those who used to work for the new Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC); they were forcibly retired from the KCC. These are issues that will require attention when we come back for the next session. We also have a number of retired teachers who are still out looking for their payment. I would want to join those who have taken time to thank the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security for the work they did during the campaigns for the Referendum and also the day of the promulgation of the Constitution. I equally want to thank the Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 for the work that was done during the census. I see the Assistant Minister for Education trying to catch my eye, but we still want to see a little more from his Ministry for us to say he belongs to the panel of those to be congratulated. The Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, even with the difficulties that we have in northern Kenya, was able to conduct census. We want speedy work done in those areas so that we are able to get actual and truthful position. The census figures are useful statistics. It is important as a House to recognise the work that was done by that Ministry. It is important that the statistics are looked at and paid attention to because allocation of resources has everything to do with the exercise that was done. It is for that reason that they need to be accurate."
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