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    "id": 1132667,
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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": "Therefore, when you look at this progress against our national values like equity, you realise that there are things that need to be corrected. In terms of energy, we have had so many households in the ASAL areas including my constituency, being connected to electricity. I am happy to report that we are using green energy in most of these areas. Actually, 70 per cent of our energy as a county is generated from green sources. That is a good thing. One thing which I expected His Excellency to focus on which I did not hear him mention is the state of security or in our case, insecurity. We have several incidents of extrajudicial killings. We have incidents of people disappearing, particularly from the Coast and most parts of our northern counties. These disappearances include members of the disciplined forces. In my constituency, for instance, in the last two years including even this year, some members of the disciplined forces, people who were serving in the National Police Service, disappeared without trace. We also have ethnic conflicts which have not been managed well, for example, Marsabit. It is something which is not supposed to happen in a country that has a functional Government. If you look at Samburu, for example, especially Samburu North, we have issues of insecurity. It is the same with Laikipia. In my case, in Merti Sub-county, we have serious problems. I also expected His Excellency to update us on what the Government has done in drought response. At the moment, drought is affecting us. We have not seen the Kshs1.5 billion which he indicated had been set aside for livestock offtake in many of our constituencies. As a result, we have lost almost 50 per cent of our livestock, particularly cattle and sheep. So, some of the things His Excellency mentioned have not been implemented properly as a result of laxity on the part of the people he has assigned in the Cabinet and at the level of principal secretaries."
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