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    "id": 1271596,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1271596/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a missing link in the list of recruitment centres in Kitui County. Mumoni Sub-County in Mwingi North constituency of Kitui County has been left out of the list. In this Statement, I am making a legitimate case for the residents, especially the youth of Mumoni Sub-County in Mwingi North Constituency of Kitui County. For many years, the youth of Mumoni have been recruited to join our national disciplined forces at Katse Primary School in Katse Town. However, to the dismay of the residents of Kitui County, Mumoni Sub-County has been left out in the list of recruitment centres. Emotions are running high in the Sub- County, arising from the unfortunate omission. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I spent a greater part of my formative years as a child and youth in the army barracks when my father served in the then Kenya Army before he retired into the ministry of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am a responsible leader and would be the last person to unnecessarily politicize the recruitment exercise by the KDF. In the year 2017, a new Sub-County called Tharaka Thagicu was created. It was administratively hived off from Mumoni Sub-County. Before this new Sub-County was created, which I seriously celebrate because I took a front role in pushing for it, Tharaka Ward was administratively under Mumoni North Division. In the list of recruitment centres, I fully support the inclusion of Nthangani recruitment centre for Tharaka Thagicu Sub-County. However, to avoid visiting the same inequality on the people of Mumoni Ward which we cured for the people of Tharaka, I implore the KDF to quickly reconsider the list and include Katse primary school as the recruitment centre for Mumoni Sub-County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Hansard will show how consistent I have been in fighting for the issuance of a Sub-County code for Tharaka Thagicu Sub-County. This was always guided by a strong conviction that the people of Tharaka who have been marginalized for long time need to access government services closer to home and not compete for opportunities with your brothers and sisters in Mumoni. The idea was to bring to an end the suffering visited on our people in Tharaka Ward as they seek national Government services including the upcoming KDF recruitment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, requiring the youths from Mumoni and Tharaka to compete for the same opportunities at Nthangani would be rendering the entire effort of creating a new Sub-County and exercise in futility. Last year, the KDF recruited service men and women from both Nthangani and Katse and this should be the natural thing to do. Merging the two recruitment centres denies the youth of Kitui County opportunities for recruitment to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). The KDF slots available at Thangani Recruitment Centre should be left for the youth of Tharaka to compete for. The youth of Mumoni should compete for their own KDF slots at Kasee Primary School as the tradition has been. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the eligible young people of Kitui County in general, and specifically the youth of Mumoni and Tharaka Sub Counties, I submit that"
}