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    "id": 1091157,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1091157/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the international communities took a lot of advantage over our resources and siphoned a lot of resources from this country for their own benefit. If you talk of slavery and that is why I believe that anybody, for example, the black Americans living in America, they should be given first priority. First of all, they did not ask anybody to take them from their original countries to America or any other country. As they sit in those various countries more so in the United States of America (USA), they should be benefiting and treated very well. This is because they were taken there to be taken advantage of. If we see the development in the first world, it is as a result of our people who were taken inform of slavery. They did a lot of work to build those countries. It is still based on that that we have continued to suffer. The colonial people took advantage of us but we still continue to take advantage of ourselves. This is because if only we can develop the resources within our counties, I do not think we will be having a lot of--- Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will be demystifying the presidency. It will not matter who is on the throne. It will not matter where the president comes from. Everybody will feel that they are taken care of, their resources are developed and shared in a proper manner and everybody is benefitting. If we continue at this rate, we are going to continue fighting over resources just as already mentioned by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, that we took three months to decide on revenue allocation. This is because we have very scarce resources. If only we can develop our resources and make sure that if there is a resource emanating from a particular area, then that area must benefit. We cannot continue to rule our people in poverty. The benefit of any good government is to make sure that your people should put food on the table. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you are a President and you are governing a people who cannot even have a meal, leave a lone three meals, not even a single meal---. There are so many people right now who are suffering because of lack of food. They cannot take their children to school. They cannot afford hospitals because of poverty. We can end this by just doing the right thing. First of all, developing our resources in our respective areas and secondly making sure that it is shared. There is a time there was a big problem with the Governor of Murang’a County. The idea was the source of water, Ndakaini Dam. That water feeds Nairobi. Actually, the argument that he had was very valid. That this water emanates from Murang’a County. How comes we are not benefiting and it is brought to Nairobi, then people benefit from it without taking care of the origin of that water? Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not only about water. A lot has been mentioned in this Bill. If you can take care of Lake Victoria, gold in South Nyanza and Western, we should help our people and make sure that there is no fighting. This Bill will make sure that once the resource is developed, the sharing is also developed. That way, everybody will benefit and nobody will feel left out. It is important for us to note that Kenya is much endowed with a lot of resources and wealth but we are failing our people as leaders. This is because every time we are"
}