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    "id": 114736,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/114736/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 57,
        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
        "slug": "josephat-nanok"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I hear some of my colleagues say that this country had counties and devolved governance at one point, I really feel very sad. This is because during Independence, we never gave this country the opportunity to execute some of those governance institutions that the founding fathers of this nation had developed. This would have ensured that an area like the one I represent does not lag behind when all the other parts of this country are enjoying the fruits of Independence. The second point that I would have wanted the President to focus much on is the fact that the resources in this country are normally allocated on the basis of population. You can remember that as recent as August last year, we conducted a census. The Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 was meant to have released preliminary data by December last year. To date, this data has not been released. Yet we are talking about boundaries review, budgeting and so many other things that this population data is supposed to guide us on. What is delaying the Government from releasing the census data? That is a question which the President should have addressed himself to. Is it because certain ethnic groups have been found not to be giving birth? Is it because certain areas, where people had never been counted in the past, have been found to have a much bigger number than was projected? Can the Government release this data to Kenyans, so that we can use it in planning? I know Turkana is one of the places where the Government is doubting the census data. My understanding is that the 1999 Census data was skewed. Therefore, it can never be used to determine the population of this country, particularly for Turkanas. That census was conducted within two days. The other census was done within a period of one week. Many of our people were counted this time, much more than they were counted in previous census. I can only ask the Government to release this data, so that many Kenyans will not miss out from the opportunity to benefit from the Government resources. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other area that I would have wanted the President to emphasize is the area of energy. Recently, the Ministry of Energy and the President himself were in Ethiopia to negotiate an agreement for this country to purchase electricity from Ethiopia. One of the things that they may have ignored and which we have kept telling them is that the electricity they were negotiating is being produced from River Omo that feeds into Lake Turkana. Environmental experts have indicated that the production of close to 2,000 megawatts of electricity from River Omo on the Gilby Three"
}