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    "id": 1218791,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1218791/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Changamwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omar Mwinyi",
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    "content": "area. I remember back in the days when there was civil war in Ireland and Lebanon and women there would have machine guns even in their kitchens. That was not a very good feature but they long decided that enough was enough and stopped all that nonsense. They are now living in peace. East Germany and West Germany have now reunited: they are one nation that is marching towards leading the world in terms of development. There are various areas that are marginalized in Kenya. The reason for marginalisation is the bad politics by those who are in power. They tend to serve only the areas where they have interest, most likely where they come from. If I may elaborate this, we have areas in Meru that normally farm a plant known as miraa or muguka . This plant has been categorised as a drug in all the laboratories of the world but because we want their votes, we have even brought a law in this House to make miraa a cash crop. We are big hypocrites. Today, miraa is doing a lot of harm in the coastal region of this country. It has made the people of the coast region not to be contributors towards the economy of this country. I think it is high time this Government decided to pay Meru farmers…"
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