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    "id": 1086146,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rachael Nyamai",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
        "slug": "richard-ken-chonga-kiti"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me a chance to make a comment on the petitions. I would like to start with the petition by Hon. Charles Ngusya Nguna. This matter of Kitui being left out of the hardship counties is disturbing. Some professionals who are considered to be working within the hardship areas are receiving hardship allowances while others are not. For example, teachers and police officers in some areas are getting it while others are not. It is a matter that needs to be looked into, seriously. For a county to be identified as a hardship county, it must lack social amenities. Clearly, they are not there in Kitui County. There is inadequate transport and schools cannot be accessed easily. The schools have to bear with harsh conditions. I am talking of schools like Malalani, Mutha, Kasala and Kanziko. They neighbour the schools in Tana River whose teachers actually get hardship allowance. With regard to security, conditions in Tana River are more or less the same as the ones in Kitui. So, I request that this matter be looked into. As Hon. Mwambire, Member for Ganze was saying, I hope this is not political. He happens to be an in-law to the people of Kitui. I would like to thank him very much for raising this issue. Hon. Speaker, with regard to the first Petition, it is extremely important to think along the issue that has been raised by the petitioner. We need to look at health with regard to physical activity and body movement. Most people lead sedentary lifestyles. The contemporary diseases like COVID-19 have made the situation worse because people have to work from home for months. This is a matter that needs to be looked into without losing focus on what we have achieved so far from the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. This morning we were looking at a situation in Nairobi County. Someone divides 20 acres of land… That issue was brought up by Hon. Antony Mwangi. Someone does subdivision and leaves no space where people can have social amenities or even public spaces. So, I would like to say that it is a very important Petition. Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity."
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