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    "id": 1176518,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lomenen",
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply this Motion. First and foremost, I want to thank my dignified and experienced colleagues who have contributed to support this Motion. I want to give information to my colleagues. The northern part of Kenya, specifically Turkana, Marsabit, Samburu and other counties, we are not the manufacturers of drought, famine or hunger. This is an uncertainty. Moreover, my brother Sen. Cherarkey, you were in this House for the last 10 years. When you were allocating funds to Turkana and Samburu counties, I was not there. I was a Member of the National Assembly for two terms. What we are asking is that if that money was allocated and it was misappropriated where was the oversight role of the Senate? Why did you not oversight the misappropriation of funds in Turkana or any other county and you were in this House? That was your primary role. You have said that you represent the whole country. You are a Member of the Senate of Kenya and not Nandi County or Turkana. You are given respect in the whole nation. Do you think it is fair for people to suffer from hunger? If God had created you to be a Senator for Turkana County instead of Nandi County, you would feel what we are feeling. Moreover, I want to inform the House again that in this Motion, we are talking of issues that are current. People cannot afford a meal per day. People are thirsty and sick. Sen. Tobiko has talked about Economic and social rights in Article 45 and I want specifically to go to number (3) which says: “The State shall provide appropriate social security to persons who are unable to support themselves and their dependants.” If pastoralists who depend on livestock have lost the same livestock, what should they do? What will they and their neighbours eat?"
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