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    "id": 1143763,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sara Korere",
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        "legal_name": "Sara Paulata Korere",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also wish to add my voice to this emotive matter. The National Treasury should be sensitive to what Members are going through. Laikipia North and most parts of Northern Kenya have been ravaged by a serious drought. Parents do not even have food to give to their children at home. Right now, all the secondary schools have sent their students home because most of them depend on the NG-CDF for bursaries. I want to tell the Leader of the Majority Party, the House Leadership and Members that when it comes to the issue of NG-CDF, we do not have the Opposition or the Government. I am a staunch supporter of the Government of the day but I am not a sycophant. Therefore, if any business is brought to the House, we should not be given ropes to hang ourselves and we gladly take ourselves there to hang ourselves simply because we support the Government. They should do what they must do to make sure that we have that money. Hon. Speaker, secondly, looking at the arrears for the last financial year, having in mind that we had already committed that money and conducted public participation, and this being an electioneering year, our opponents are busy moving round telling the public that we have eaten the money that the National Treasury is gladly sitting on in Nairobi. So, I want to urge my colleagues to ensure that we do whatever it takes to get that disbursement. Let us not be cry-babies because we are mandated to conduct this business here. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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