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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to also make my contribution. At the outset, I support the implementation of these Regulations. I am very happy with the inclusion of Gatanga which is only about 80 kilometres from Nairobi. From Central region, I can say that we are the only constituency which has been included. I want to say that it is not only pastoralists who are marginalised, as Hon. Duale was saying. Even some of us who come from nearby constituencies, if you visit them, you will be surprised. Gatanga, despite supplying Nairobi with water as well as the Government building a new dam to bring water to Nairobi there, we do not have water. Even at Ndakaini where water comes from, our people who live next to Ndakaini do not have water. If you go to lower Gatanga, that is, Ithanga and Kakuzi, the services are very poor. Those people do not have water, roads are impassable, power connectivity is very poor, there is lack of hospitals, food is a problem, no job opportunities, et cetera . That is why I am saying that it is important, when we talk about this fund, not to think about North Eastern alone. I am very happy that even my neighbours from Masinga who are also marginalised have also been included. The inclusion of the additional counties is important. When it comes to selection of projects, I would like the Commission to be very thorough because looking at the original 14 counties, you can see the number of projects which stalled - that is 352 projects. If you divide those The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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