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    "id": 1166007,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "under primary schools which are under National government. No one is looking at the school feeding programme. The national Government School Feeding Program is in the Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs). They think that those are the only areas where people are hungry. Early last year, I went to Dagoretti North to donate desks and I was heartbroken. When I asked those children; what would you like me to give you? Do you want balls or a school bus? I was just joking with them. They told me that they wanted lunch because they have no food. There is poverty in the City. We would want to transfer that function from the national Government to the Nairobi City County. On the issue of the regional blocs, I would need to talk to the governor of Kirinyaga County and the industries in that county. I will tell them that I need rice, for Nairobi City County to be able to buy directly from the County of Kirinyaga to feed our children in school. I would also need livestock for meat from Isiolo County or from other counties. Let us be more creative when we are talking about regional economic blocs. It does not need to have to be counties that are geographically compact but those with a similar economic interest. Finally, I would like to speak on the issue of local content. There was a Bill that was brought to this House by Sen. (Dr.) Zani and passed. I am glad that Sen. Nyamunga has connected the two Bills by speaking about, how the national Government will have to enter into an agreement with the county government on the ratio of sharing. What has happened in many counties like the county government of Taita Taveta where mining of gemstones is done, the county government of Turkana where drilling of oil is done or the county government of Kwale where titanium is mined. I do not want to mention any company adversely but all the companies that have set up in those regions do is a token Community Social Responsibility (CSR) such as opening three or four schools. The other day we were in Sen. Cheruiyot’s county and Bomet County. When we went to see one of the tea estates they showed us the number of people that they are educating. The resources that they are getting by having a lease of thousands of acres needs an economic return to the people and to that county. That land is held by the county in trust for the people. We are not getting a good deal from a lot of these resources. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill. I hope that it passes and that the National Assembly will pass it. Overall, we need to rethink and change our ways of thinking. We cannot solve today’s problem with yesterdays thinking. It is impossible. I am glad to see that in Clause 14 of the Bill, Sen. Nyamunga is talking about inclusion of youths marginalised groups and women groups. For instance, in the Nairobi City County one group that we need to incorporate in planning is the area resident associations and the estates groups. For example, in South C the estate resident associations know what they need in their area. You will never hear of an estate group or a chama where the treasurer has stolen money because they own it. The standard of choosing the treasurer or chairman is so high at that low level. Why should we not use those groups for development? Why not say in Pipeline, Tassia or Fedha estates, where they have a very good association, they will be"
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