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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "On the issue of security, I am grateful things have been done but as has been mentioned, there is insecurity in Ethiopian and Somalia. These Al-Shaabab are already coming into Kenya. They kill once in a while, but now they are everywhere. I hope the Government does not sit back, and say that we have finalized and stop at that. Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to talk about resource allocation. We already have marginalized counties for the last 50 years. They have introduced something called per capita in the BBI. What we have done in this House is being negated. Per capita is being brought through the back door in BBI. My friend, the Senate Majority Whip, has said that what he has failed to do here, he will do through BBI. That will be unfortunate and unfair. It is not right. We should not use population in everything. Land is very important in certain parts of Kenya, but when it comes to northern Kenya counties, it is useless. Animals are very important in certain parts of Kenya, but when it comes to the northern part of Kenya, they are useless. We have been told that in those areas there are only animals, trees and land, which is of no use to this country. Last time when we were discussing here, somebody drew the map of Kenya. The map is for these marginalized counties. The others are small communities that are large in numbers, but their land is so small that they are just there in the middle. You want to get rid of this big land, but keep the resources because you have the numbers. Do not call that Kenya. It will not be because Kenya is made of people and land. On representation in other jurisdictions where extra seats are created, it is for marginalized communities, women and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). Here we want to increase numbers for the most populous. They already have the numbers and want to"
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