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ecognize their role and respect each other’s independence and supremancy.
On the same note, I would say that it would be very good if the President is not above the law and when we come to the duties
and responsibilities of the MPs, they should know them very clearly, whereby you should find MPs even going to an exent of
having offices in their own constituencies, because for some of us, we only see them during the voting period, and after that, we
see them back coming for votes from us. We would therefore want to meet them regularly, having offices in our own
constituencies. I would also want to say that when they look into their salaries, that is MPs, there should be a set Committee to
look into those salaries because sometime we don’t actually understand how they come to hike that kind of money they get at
the expense of the rest of the civil servants in the country.
The other point that I would like to emphasize is on education, whereby I feel that it should free and compulsory for all,
whereby you find that it is part of the basic rights of a human being. I also think in that line, teachers should be paid very well, so
that they will really be happy, and they will try their level best in that area.
Health: I tend to think that it is the obligation of the Government to provide free medical services in the area of giving the
officers in charge, that is the doctors and the nurses the drugs and the like, and it should not be an issue whereby a few people
cannot really get access to medicine, because it is expensive. I also wanted to say that on employment, I feel it is the obligation
of the Government to train its manpower, and to employ them. I have heard several youths complain that they have the
education and they have training, but they are forced to move out of this country, to look for greener pastures, to look for
employment elsewhere in other countries. This is wrong. The Government should be able to make use of its own human
resource.
I also feel that on farming, farmers must be recognized and assisted in the area of production and marketing, because other than
tourism, I tend to believe that farming or agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture forms the backbone of the economy of this
country, and therefore that sector should not be taken lightly. Where we have VAT imposed on farm inputs like fertilizers,
farming tools and the like, those things should be done away with to make the farmer be able to produce, and produce
properly.
My last point is on the street children, the orphans and the aged, the widows and the widowers. I think, it is also the obligation
of the Government to take care of these people. Sometimes we really suffer at the expense of the duties that are not actually
ours. You see now, we have the harambees, and we have the fund raising to take care of these ophans, the aged and those
from areas, of which that really we feel that it should be the work of the Government. Otherwise those are among the few that I
felt I should add on to what there is here. Thank you.
Com. Lenaola: Thank you Mrs. Mutuma. You were very clear. Please come and register. Please register both memoranda
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