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55Ghalama: Ghalama ya hospitali na shule zigharimiwe na serikali.Serikali: Rais au Minister, akisema jambo isichukuliwe kwamba ni Serikali imesema. Ile iwe ni maoni yake kama haijaidhinishwana Bunge.Drugs au ‘vileo.’ Unywanji wa pombe au uvutaji sigara, bangi, miraa, na vinginezo zipigwe marufuku na yeyote akipatikananazo, afungwe bila fine. Na industries za sigara na pombe zifungwe. Asante Wananchi.Com. Bishop Njoroge: Inaonekana hiyo hamkubali. Hamtaki pombe ifungwe na sigara? Jackson Miano.Jackson Miano: Asante sana Bwana Mwenyekiti. Nina maoni hapa: God should be supreme- That is, there should befreedom of worship. The main goal of Kenya as a country is to eradicate poverty, ignorance and disease. In order to eradicatepoverty, the present idle land should be sub-divided to cater for the poor. In this regard, there should be Land Act so that thosewith great chunks of land can surrender to the government so that it can be given to the poor.Employment should be on merit according to academic qualifications distributed evenly throughout the country. Wananchishould be safeguarded not to have their resources grabbed by some people E.g. the Coffee’s Act should go in line with the Teaand Milk, so that they have one organization which should be national.Education: Primary school should be seven years, Secondary school form one to form four, High school form five to form six,University should be three years and the syllabus should be reduced to avoid the overburdening of our children which leads toschool strikes and school drop outs.Schools should learn from Monday to Friday and it should not be more than thirteen weeks each term. Each term should not bemore than that. Therefore we should have thirteen weeks, thirteen weeks and twelve weeks in the whole year and should avoidall costs of holiday tuition and Saturday tuition. Every one child should be given free education from primary school, secondaryschool, High school and University education.Under age children below eighteen years should not be forced to marry so that by the age of twenty and above, everyone inKenya should be literate. The government should pay the civil servants well including the teachers to boost their morale.Disease: There should be government hospitals throughout the country spread evenly as per the population. Don’t buildhospitals where there are no people. People should be given free medical treatment. If there is need for treatment outside thecountry, the patient should cater for two thirds and the state one third. Citizenship should be by birth or by marriage. Foreigners