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    "id": 1199908,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1199908/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Taveta, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Bwire",
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    "content": "Kenya, and I respect her for that. I pray that I will fit in her shoes and more importantly, I pray that God will open new doors for her. My being here is God’s will. I want to take this rare opportunity to thank God for giving me this opportunity to serve in this august House. With respect to Taveta Constituency, I have taken leadership at a time when there are many challenges. Many of my constituents are watching me right now and one of their concerns is the issue of infrastructure, especially, the Taveta- Ilasit Road. This road is worse than the one to hell. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to address two issues: one, I appreciate the intervention that has been made by the Government of Kenya to distribute food to three million Kenyans. However, I dare say that it is not enough. The key concern is our children in school. The President said that we will save Kshs300 billion. I, therefore, plead with him that the said amount of money that we are saving from the Ministries that he has indicated should be used to ensure we have free secondary education, and food for our children in school. Secondly, I wish to indicate to the House that a greater population that suffers from the drought are pastoralists. Food is not enough because they too, have livestock to take care of. This House in the Year, 2013 passed the Kenyan Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, No. 47 of 2013. Specific interest is in Section 102 of that Act which says that the Cabinet Secretary and the Kenya Wildlife Services should create guidelines to ensure that our grazers access National Parks for purposes of grazing and watering of livestock in times of drought and national disaster. My plea today is the implementation of Section 102..."
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