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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this will give us a comparative study. People will get exposed. Twenty years ago, a place like Dubai was just a desert, but, today, everyone wants to go and see how developed Dubai is and its economy. Equally, Mandera, Marsabit and Wajir can have that kind of an opportunity to develop. Wajir, Marsabit and Turkana are not deserts, but arid areas. They are marginalized areas, which can be developed. Food can be produced there and livestock keeping can be improved. We can have good economic activities in those areas now that land in Kenya is shrinking by the day, especially in Mt. Kenya and Kakamega, where the ‘bullfighter’ comes from. We need to exploit and have more land now. We need to move out of this place to areas like Turkana, Wajir and Mandera, which can become the breadbasket of this country. The Senate should have more exposure. We need to also see how life has changed out there. Before we had the counties under the 2010 Constitution, whenever people from those areas were coming to Nairobi, they would say that they were coming to Kenya. However, today, they have seen some developments in those areas like tarmac, good houses and hospitals being built. They now appreciate that they are part of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if they now see the Senate, they will say that the Senate is a serious House that is getting exposure. They will also want to know the people visiting them. We will need to see the amount of work that has been done and what is remaining, so that by the time we are giving budget appropriation, we will have at the back of our mind that Turkana requires a certain amount of money for development, staff, food and other things. I also request that we have two counties per year, so that at least every region can have a Sitting of the Senate in order for every region to appreciate that the Senate means business and that it works for devolution to see that devolution becomes successful. This exposure will enable us inspect and visit the development that has taken place in the last 15 years. That can give us a better picture of what this country is. This will make us appreciate the need to give more money to those areas. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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