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    "id": 1029039,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a very valid concern raised by the Senator of Lamu. I get shocked because every time we raise these very important issues as a country, the answer given is always that we need to change the Constitution. These are issues of implementation. We cannot start telling the people of Lamu or the Coast that when we talk about issues of employment and discrimination, which is real issues--- I am saying this with utmost respect as a leader who has visited most of those counties at the Coast. Those days when we were collecting views, I went to most of the counties of the Coast during the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (CKRC) of Prof. Yash Pal Ghai. One of the things the people of the Coast have always complained about is discrimination. They are not only being discriminated in getting jobs in the mainland of Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and Nakuru. They are now being discriminated back home where they come from. It is a paradox. It is something that should prick the conscience of those who are in authority and positions of governance. To make it worse is to use English Language as an excuse when we know that the national languages of the Republic of Kenya are Kiswahili and English. We also know that --- I have listened to the Principal Secretary (PS) whose words are attributed to this issue of discrimination and she does not speak good English. If English was the consideration for her to be in that office, she would have been removed. She would not have qualified to hold the position she is speaking about. The Committee that will look at this issue should put it a greater consideration. A research was done by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) on the ethnic and regional composition of Government offices, both parastatals and public service. It shows clearly that the people from the Coastal region are the most discriminated against. I want to challenge Sen. Loitiptip because he has been in the forefront. I saw him the other day hugging the President and thanking him for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). There are serious issues in the BBI Report that affect the people of Lamu, one of which is a provision that says; ―Per capita earning in so far as division of revenue is concerned must not go beyond three times the lowest county.‖ If that will happen, Lamu will lose Kshs2 billion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other day, Sen. Loitiptip was so loud about unemployment. I want to hear his voice about the BBI Report. I want to challenge him as a young person. I hope he is not falling into that trap of BBI Report that says forming a commission will create jobs for the people of the Coast. If at the moment a simple implementation like hiring people in the Port, they cannot hire the locals, where can you assure me that forming a youth Commission is going to create jobs for those people? The challenge that is facing this country is implementation of the law as it is. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must be seen to stand up. I want to challenge you, Sen. Loitiptip. You are my friend, and I am glad to do this here because you are my younger"
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