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    "id": 1132666,
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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": " Thank you, for the opportunity to contribute to the Speech made by His Excellency yesterday, in accordance with Article 132 of our Constitution. I thank His Excellency for honouring his constitutional obligation of addressing a Joint Sitting of the two Houses of Parliament. His Excellency is required to provide progress on achievement of the principles highlighted under Article 10 in our Constitution, as well as updating us on international obligations. The Speech of His Excellency mainly centred on economic progress. He compared what he had achieved over the eight years that he has been our President with what previous Governments had done, including the colonial Government, Kenyatta’s Government, Mzee Moi’s Government and President Kibaki’s Government. On infrastructural development, he indicated that in eight years, he did almost equal kilometres of tarmac road that were cumulatively done by the four administrations which preceded him. We appreciate that parts of this country which had never seen tarmac roads have received some kilometres of tarmac. In our case at the county headquarters in Isiolo Town, we benefitted from several kilometres of tarmac under the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA). But if we look at equity in how this infrastructure is distributed across the country, you will realise that the rural parts of ASAL areas and also ASAL counties are disadvantaged. Most of this development is happening either in high potential areas or in the case of ASAL areas, around urban areas. For instance, in my constituency, an entire sub-county called Merti has no inch of tarmac road. 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."
}