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people. Infact such privileges are the ones encouraging corruption.
Free loans: All terms of loans should be the same for all Kenyans, but there should not be favoured members of Parliament,
who appear to be better off than the others. That means they are enjoying privileges which are not enjoyed by other people.
Why should they enjoy them? We have elected them, to represent us, and the representation means equal rights for all.
Constituencies should be based on population, but it should not be based on vastness of the area. A member of Parliament, if
he should represent say, about forty thousand people to a maximum of fifty thousand. That means a place like Kikuyu, we
should have more MPs and not one, when we think of the population. All Parliamentarians should have at least a university
degree. That is the qualification. Lack of quorum in Parliament or local authorities, due to absence or lateness, should be taken
seriously. If there is any lateness, members should not earn any money for the week they are absent. Civic education should be
a continous exercise.
Local authorities: They should work and operate as Independent bodies from the central govenment. They should be subject
to government supervision and audit. Appointment of all workers should be left to local authorities. There should be no
interferance from the central government. A law should be enacted to govern their day to day running. Local authorities should
not be run like personal property. I think you are aware of that. The members of local authorities should run also for two terms
and not more. Their allowances and renumerations should also be attractive like that of the MP. That is why they appear to
be doing nothing for wananchi. They should have a retirement package like the Parliamentary member. A certain academic
requirement should be endorsed for all members of the local authorities. It is is not for Tom and Dick. At lest KCSE should be
the minimum qualification.
Other general amendments, freed of association: This should be for every member, that means Kenyans should live anywhere
in this country, and they can own property anywhere in Kenya.
Human Rights: It should be for everybody and not for a few individuals, and children’s rights should be entrenched in the
Constitution.
Employment, should be based on qualifications and merit. We should not favour people because they come from my area, or
because they are Kikuyus.
Torture and arbitrary arrest, as people have said and locking people in police cells, should not happen. Respect people as
human beings. Why should they be in cells. This means people who should be only locked up and only for about two days, are
the people with doubtful citizenship. If I am known in Kenya, I come from this area or the other area. Whey should I be
locked in a police cell to suffer for nothing. A citizen of Kenya accused of minor offences and crimes should not be asked to
produce any security. People who go there, arrested for being drunk, should not be asked for security and other things,
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