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    "id": 896523,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/896523/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tongaren, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Eseli Simiyu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 141,
        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
        "slug": "david-eseli"
    },
    "content": "Amolo Odinga, the former prime minister that brought a semblance of peace to the country. But the problems that caused our division are still there. They are simmering under. The feelings of alienation; the feelings of exclusion; the feelings of disenfranchisement are still there, especially if you sack a CS from Kakamega and replace him with one from Siaya. What inclusivity is that? So, the state of the nation is not strong. It is weak and if we talk about bringing people together, then let us move and bring those people together. But it must be in a structured manner. The President said the fight against corruption will be relentless and assured us that there will be no vigilante justice. But remember, vigilante justice comes about because people have lost faith in the criminal justice system. When people lose faith in the laid down structures or laid down institutions that are supposed to fight corruption, then vigilante justice will come. So, Mr. President, hurry up, Kenyans are waiting for arrests. The day you said that you will not do vigilante justice, Kenyans were disappointed. Kenyans know who has stolen. They know whose lives have changed within a very short time. If I may quote the late Hon. ole Ntimama - and may his soul rest in peace - there are those we have seen recently wearing suits crumbled like they slept in them but, suddenly, they are in designer suits and designer shoes. Kenyans know who the thieves are. If your institutions do not act against those people, Kenyans will visit on them vigilante justice. You talked about the economy and then you flew off to China, probably to borrow some more money. On the trip you are with the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga. Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga should inform you that around the lake region, they say fish rots from the head. If there is corruption, clear the top. Clear the upstairs. That is where the problem is. Downstairs there are just chicken thieves. They are not many. It is upstairs. As you are in China, you are going to borrow more money for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). We have the meter gauge railway, all the way from Mombasa to Malaba with a branch to Kisumu, Nanyuki, Kitale and everywhere. Those wayleaves belong to Kenya Railways. Why do you borrow money to buy wayleaves for SGR? Why do you not use the wayleaves that already exist and reduce the cost of SGR? Mr. President, the country’s situation is not strong, the economy is poor and we are doing very badly. The 100 per cent transition to secondary school is very good, but it was not well thought out. The schools are over-crowded, there are not enough teachers and the infrastructure is poor. You said we, as Parliament, should procure money to put in the infrastructure. We agreed we will do so. You talked of agricultural exports. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy of this country. When I look at the Budget, the amount of money put into agriculture is so decimal. Then you have set up some animal that took over what used to be Coffee Research Foundation and put them under one thing such that research on coffee is not going on because Coffee Research Foundation now called Coffee Research Institute does not have money for research. Therefore, if you go there, they are not there because the research has died. The same agricultural institute will come up and say that farmers will not use manure. The state of the nation is not strong. They have also come up to say that small dairy holders cannot sell their milk to their neighbours…"
}