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    "id": 1033326,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Oda Hulufo",
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    "content": "opportunity to visit some police stations, including Isiolo Police Station in my Constituency last week. What we saw there worried us as national leaders. I would like to appeal that police officers be given special allowances during this pandemic. The President also briefly touched on the Big Four Agenda, which he said we should not see them as projects, but rather as economic development strategies. In that strategy, the only part which specifically is on Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) and, especially on pastoralists is on manufacturing. If you look at affordable housing, development mostly take place in the cities. We also have cities, for example, my constituency hosts Isiolo which is designated to be a resort city. We also have, what I would, probably call the only slum in Northern Kenya in one of the wards in my constituency that is Bulesa Pesa Ward, but we have never benefitted from affordable housing. But the part of the Big Four agenda which we thought is going to help us as pastoralists is the part on manufacturing which related to value addition of hides and skins. Unfortunately, looking at the Big Four agenda that is the pillar which had the least focus. As we speak, in most of the northern counties, over the last one year, for lack of market for hides and skin, literally after slaughtering animals we have been throwing away these valuable byproducts from our animals. Of course, sometimes the President can provide the broader vision, in good faith and heart, for the country, but when it comes to implementation, those tasked with the role of implementation have let him and Kenyans down. I would also like to talk about education. Of course, the closure of school when the outbreak of COVID-19 was confirmed in the country was timely. I believe, it has helped save our children. His Excellency also directed that the Cabinet Secretary issues a calendar on reopening of schools and how our kids can recover the lost time. That is fine. Apart from hastening the opening of schools, how safe are they? Our schools are crowded. In most of the places, especially in the north where we have poor school infrastructure, providing education is tricky because the population is dispersed. Even with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) we struggle to provide adequate facilities. Therefore, I would like to urge the Ministry of Education to be given adequate funds for infrastructure."
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