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    "speaker_name": "Kajiado Central, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Memusi Kanchory",
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    "content": " Thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute in support of this noble Motion by Hon. Beatrice Elachi who happens to be my constituent. Being an International Women’s Day, as we celebrate all the women in our country including our sisters, mothers and wives, let me start by celebrating the Mover of this Motion and you Madam Speaker. I know women would want to say that they are our support system and pillars of families. As men, we say yes they are; they are our support system. They are the pillars of families. The women of this country are doing a great job. Let me also, in a special way, celebrate the pastoralists women who happen to be the most hardworking women in this country. At least 15 pastoralist counties have been affected by the drought that is ravaging this country but we are seeing resilience from pastoralist women. They have continued to walk hundreds of kilometres in search of water so that they can put food on the table of their families. I want to urge our county governments, especially in pastoral areas, that the idea behind devolution was to end this kind of suffering by poor people. The drafters of the Constitution wanted funds devolved to improve the lives of our people. Today, as we celebrate the International Women’s Day and you look at the achievement of a county like Kajiado where I come from, it is still way behind during the last 13 years that we have had devolution. Our women, daughters and wives are still walking hundreds of kilometres in search of a precious commodity called water. I urge those who have been mandated by the electorates to alleviate the suffering of their people through prudent use of finances. My colleagues have said a lot on this Motion. I support the fact that unemployment in this country is a disaster in waiting. At any one point, if any politician was to call for a baraza any day of the week, he will have hundreds of young people attending."
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