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    "id": 1229122,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tobiko",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, you wonder whether this country has been divided into regions that are secluded for development and others that will never get development. I will say this because our people are still moving and wandering around with livestock because there are no dams. Rains come and the water is not harvested. They continue staying in dry areas yet these areas can feed the whole country. If this rain water was harvested, we could get water for irrigation and livestock. Some regions enjoy agricultural extension services and others do not. We thought devolution will be a solution to our problems because our counties would address some of these things, but counties have become a let-down. They will need to address some of these services such as health and water provision. Mr. Speaker, Sir, education is still a problem in some regions. I was speaking to a fellow Senator in the lounge who asked us to help him construct a school. You wonder at this day and time that there are schools constructed with matope in this country and yet in other places, we have high rise schools. This is a country of inequalities; a country that some have more say, more rights and others are spectators. Sen. Mungatana, MGH, you have spoken to our hearts in this Bill. I urge the Members of this House to pass this Bill. Let us continue passing good legislation and see whether the conscience of those in the Executive will be pricked to treat Kenya as an equal platform for all Kenyans; to receive fair services for all people. It should be our right. Mr. Speaker, Sir, during the campaigns, we went across the country. However, it hurts every day when you see well-developed regions continue getting more resources whilst there are regions that have been neglected for many years. Right now, for a woman to give birth and remain alive in a place such as Kajiado, Samburu or Turkana is by the grace of the God. Our health facilities are wanting. There are no hospitals, roads or airstrips. It would be the greatest privilege for us to ask for an airstrip. We are asking for roads, in fact, murram roads and not even tarmac roads. Let us use this platform; this House, to equalize Kenya; a House platform that will treat all Kenyans equally, fairly and justly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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