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57see that our money is properly used, we should be given free education and free medical treatment.Appointees to senior positions in government: Judges, Parastatal Heads and such should be vetted by Parliament to avoidallocating them to friends or such. Or your tribal friends. You have noted? The other point is Presidential powers should bereduced because we believe absolute power corrupts……….Com. Keriako Tobiko: Ndugu yangu. Please. Just say your recommendations.Richard Kinyua: The other point is on the side of Agriculture. I believe the future Constitution should really address theeconomy. Since our economy is mostly based on Agriculture, the country should see to it as a priority that the economy is puton sound study. The other point is on land policy. Currently, our land policy is so bad. We have people living in villages whichwere created by the colonialists in 1952 which is a shame in Kenya.Com. Keriako Tobiko: What is your recommendation?Richard Kinyua: I recommend that trust land in Kenya should be given to such people. The other point is on economicsabotage: Anybody or a group of people who uses a public office to enrich himself or themselves should be taken to a court oflaw and if charged, all the property gained through such office should be confiscated. That is all Mr. Chairman.Com. Keriako Tobiko: Gethi Mwai.Gethi Mwai: Yes. Mr. Chairman, I would start on education. My recommendations are that; basic education should be freeand compulsory to all. Government should set enough funds to finance for basic education. Government should abolishunnecessary spending e.g. on school milk and such and channel such funds to acquisition of stationery and infrastructure ineducation system.The government should remunerate the teachers well to raise their teaching morale. The Government should equip and educateschool inspectors to make them able to inspect schools well. Promotion of teachers and education of teachers should be basedon performance and not on other merits. The government should create more job opportunities to absorb graduating students. Itshould also allow and encourage jobless people to seek for employment outside the country. The government should implementthe Koech Commission of education. On poverty reduction or poverty eradication, the government according to my viewshould do the following: Farmers should be encouraged because they are the ones that grow crops by:a) The government controlling Bank lending rates to make farmers have access to loan facilities.b) It should also encourage micro-finance organizations and NGO’s who are financing the farmers.