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105Gachachi. Kibaru Muhoro. Kagema Gitigo. Mary Wairema. Kanyiri Ngahu. Wanjohi Wachira. Kanyiri Ngahu.Kanyiri Ngahu: Mr. Chairman, the following are my recommendations.Com. Keriako Tobiko: Please be brief because we still have a very long list.Kanyiri Ngahu: I will be very brief. To start with, I would recommend something about the new Constitution. It should beensured that the Constitution is available to the locals in a language that they can understand. After it is written in English……..Secondly, about Agriculture. I recommend that tea, coffee and other crops whose produce earn the government a lot of money,should have the government provide credit and subsidize for them.Thirdly, about co-operatives: For the marketing co-operatives, it should be ensured that there is no government interventionsand that the government ensures that members welfare is taken care of. About the Savings and Credit Cooperatives, it shouldbe ensured that a law is put to prevent some individuals from running it like a private company so the Central Bank shouldsupervise. It should be supervising what is going on.Com. Keriako Tobiko: Pick the last most important points.Godfrey Karanu: The last two important points. One. Education. I recommend education for all. From Primary to University.Finally, about Parliament: We should have salaries of Members of Parliament reviewed and this time not by the Parliament itself,but by an independent body. Still on Parliament, members of a Constituency should be in a position to remove an MP afterserving for a period of time, if they are not satisfied with the work he or she is doing.Com. Keriako Tobiko: Thank you. Francis Maina. Ndio wewe. Okay fine. Na uwe very brief.Francis Maina: I will be very brief. Thank you Mr. Commissioner for allowing me this chance so that I can present writtenideas from Kenya Union of the Blind. I will not even read it but I will highlight. “Please Sir, on behalf of the disabled community,I have noted that this congregation has…. Mathira Constituency has the people who are deaf and some of them have neverbeen able to hear so it will be very hard to communicate to them. So next time please look into that.”Lastly, to the Commissioners I would like to pray that there are some people who are blind. I am acting for the blind. Whenyou make your final Constitution, please make a taped Constitution so that they can press and listen because most of them areblind. They do not know how to read. Only approximately six percent of the Kenyan Disabled Persons attend school - But wehave the hearing skills. So if you can make a final draft in tape they can listen.