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Edward Aringo: Hiyo ya mwisho. Asante, ilikuwa iko ingine lakini saa inakimbia. Naona katika market, mtu akipeleka kitu
katika kikapu, wanamlipisha kodi, kama ya yule analeta gunia mzima. Ikichelewa kuuzwa, tena ikirudi, tena bado wanatoa
gharama kwa kile kitu kimoja. Na hiyo inaonyesha ni unyang'anyi, hapana kusaidia. Na mzee alisema siku ile Kenya ilipata
uhuru, sisi sasa tuko uhuru, tuko uhuru hakuna kunyanyaswa. Na bado wanarudia neno walikuwa wanasema wabeberu ni
wabaya, wananyanyasa watu. Ningesema mengi lakina asante sana Commissioners. Wacha nifike hapo maana watu
wanasema kila aina ya maneno.
Com. Nunow: Asante sana Mzee Ariwo. Tafadhali njoo ujiandikishe. (Interjection) Kuna nini? Sijakuita nauliza kuna
nini? Umejiandikisha? Subiri uitwe jina lako. Jacob Oliko? Unaitwa nani? Richard Nyang’awa. Wewe subiri, iko mtu
mwingine, huyu mzee, Wewe ni wa tatu kutoka huyu mzee.
Jacob Oliko: Asante. Majina ni Jacob Oliko kutoka Luanda. Nina mambo mawili tu ya kusema. Ya kwanza, the new
Constitution should criminalize calculated and deliberate wastage of time and resources. This is happening all over but I will
give two instances from the office of the president. Jogoo house has the Office of the President. When he finishes his term, he
should have been sitting in that office for 43,700 hours. This is like saying 52 weeks, an average of 5 hours per week for 24
years. That gives 43 700 hours. But from the way things have been happening, it is easy to see that hardly 17500 hours has he
sat in that office. Which means the keepers of this office have been paid for work they have not done. In other words taking
care of the President and giving him service. That is an example of wastage of resource. Another example, 3 rallies per week
attended by 30 000 people who will be waiting for the arrival and the carrying out of these meetings for 8 hours in a year. This
translates into 38 million man hours where people do nothing productive. This has really contributed over the years to the
downward movement of all production and therefore many things being affected and failing. That is number one.
The other thing, that I will say in Kiswahili because in Kiswahili it might sound better, mke kuolewa na bwana kuoa, jinsi ilivyo
sasa, mimi ningependa katika Katiba mpya, iwe pia neno kwamba mke pia anaweza kuoa bwana. Na hiyo itawapa sasa
complete equality katika mazingara yetu ya Kenya, na hiyo pia inamaanisha ikiwa mke ataoa bwana basi pia itabidi atoe mahari
amuoe huyo bwana. Na ikiwa mwanamume atamuoa mke, basi itabidi yule mwanaume atoe mahari. Kwa hivyo there will be
equality kabisa – complete equality between man and woman in this country.
Com. Nunow: Thank you very much mzee. Hiyo equality sijui kama itakuwa lakini tutaangalia, tutangoja wasichana waanze
kupeleka dowry kwa wazazi. Christopher Obunyasi? Haya, Richard kuja.
Richard Ogweli Nyang’awa: Mimi ni Richard Ogweli Nyang’awa. Mimi naonelea hii dunia ni yetu. Hatukuja hapa kufanya
siasa. Tumekuja kila mtu atoe maoni yake vile anasikia kwa roho yake. Mtu atoe maoni yake vile anasikia kwa roho yake.
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