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21Diversity of a Kenyan ethnicity and culture must be protected by the Constitution. All ethnic and cultural values that are meantfor national outlook should be promoted.The Constitution must ensure that the resources of the state are shared by all regardless of communities, culture ethnic andregional diversity. The Constitution must ensure that we all strive to promote a National Language which should be Kiswahili.The Constitution must facilitate love and pride of Kenya by all Kenyans. Asante.Com. Bishop Njoroge: Thank you very much Father. Those were very good suggestions. Thank you very much Father. Canwe have your memorandum? Now we want to listen to the Member of Parliament, Honorable Matu Wamae. Mheshimiwa, Iwill say the same to you that, because you have a memorandum, may be you say the most important points only.Honorable Matu Wamae: Actually, I will only mention the most important and I am giving these views on my own behalf andalso the views of the Democratic Party of Kenya Mathira sub branch. Therefore, I am going to make the major points becauseI am going to give you this memorandum. Organs of state, we have said there should be Executive, Legislature and Judiciary.We have said that the President should address Parliament at the beginning of every year, or upon declaration of war ordeclaration of emergency.There should be a Vice President who should be a running mate with the President qualified to be a Member of Parliament butshould not be a Member of Parliament. Parliament should be one unilateral Parliament called the National Assembly.Special offices and commissions of the commission. The Public Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission, ElectoralCommission Advisory commissions of prerogative of mercy. Attorney General, Controller and Auditor General. We have alsosaid that the President in the appointment of senior people or personnel should share those powers with Parliament.There should also be Judicial Service Commission. Advisory Committee on the prerogative of mercy. The human rightscommission and Parliamentary Service Commission.Then Local government, we have said this is very important because we should have two types of government - the CentralGovernment and the Local Authority which should be given a lot of powers to be able to deal with those land local issues. TheElectoral commission should divide the country into locations, counties, towns, municipals or city councils. On the question ofland, we have said that property and land rights should be respected.Therefore, there should be a permanent land commission which should be permanent to make sure people’s rights areprotected. There should be also the Bill of rights, the rights of the child, and the rights of women. There should be propersystem of succession to office including that of the President. I would also like to inform the Commission that Members ofParliament should, as practically, as possible, represent equal number of people - It does not make sense for one Constituency