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the moment. They should not have vied for any Parliamentary seats. Then a member who is found to be corrupt should be taken
to court and if found guilty should be punished and a by-election should be held.
Local government; Mayors and councilors should be elected and should be given more terms just like that one of Parliament
and this should be done by the people. The academic qualification for the councilor should be a form four leaver who knows
English as well as Kiswahili so that he is able to communicate with the local people.The nomination of councillors should be
limited according to the councils resources and this should be set out by the Parliament. Promotion of local area to certain status
should not be left only to the minister but to a Commission.
The funding of councils should be done by the government but they should be left to manage their own resources and
development. Where the council is unable to meet its obligation to the residents, it should be reduced to a lower status.The
powers of council clerk should be reduced and the councilors should have the power to remove the clerk from the office if
found inefficient.
Then we have land and property rights. Land is a basic right to every Kenyan and every effort should be made to see that all
landless people have access to land. Every Kenyan should have a right to buy land and settle anywhere in Kenya. Should the
government acquire any land for development, then those ones affected should be immediately compensated for we don’t need
a person taking six years before they are compensated for. Now, the succesion of land should be simplified so that it is done
immediately to avoid these struggles here and there.
The management of resources like, water, minerals , forest should benefit the community around. For example we have water
here, so these people of Emuhaya feelwe have water but we don’t actually benefit a lot while other areas are benefiting.
Constitutional Commission and Constitutional offices: We need to have a provincial, District and other boundary Commissions
looking into the demarcation disputes and promotion of those ones. We don’t want to have such issues of tribal Disrict like
Teso, Suba, and sooner or later we shall also ask for Bunyore District. We want to have a District which has a national outlook.
Now when such things are done, then the findings should be sent to Parliament for approval.
Education: Every Kenyan needs to have free universal basic education, which should be funded by the government. The system
of education, should return to the old system where we had seven years of primary education, four years of secondary, and two
years of higher education. The secondary education should be divided in language stream, science stream and and technical
stream.This used to cater for all interests of individualtalents. The government should plan expansion of all technical schools and
give more grants and bursaries especially to the needy. Thank you.
Com. Nunow: Thank you very much, tafadhali jiandikishe pale. Reverend, are you ready? Please come.
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