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    "id": 1276338,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Members for their contributions towards this Motion. This Motion is important to this House. This Motion will be able to take into account the interest and the welfare of more than three million Kenyans; that is the population of those Kenyans who are either marginalized or they are minorities. As I said when I was moving this Motion, we are talking about the minorities who are spread across 26 counties in Kenya. There are 79 minorities and marginalized groups in this country giving a total of 3.3 million, which is 9.3 per cent of the population of our country. I am happy that Sen. Cherarkey has actually confirmed that even for him to be in this House, some of those people who voted for him are these minorities. There are those minorities in his county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, out of the 47 Senators in this House, 26 were voted in by the minorities. It is, indeed, our time. When I moved this Motion, I was able to draw the distinction between the affirmative action that has been taken by the Government on the various vulnerable groups. We are talking about the youth, elderly, women and people with disabilities. These are the groups that is covered well under Article 27 of the Constitution. However, the only group whose needs have not been addressed is this group of the marginalized and minorities. It is now15 years since we established devolution and whereas we have addressed all the other vulnerable groups, it is only fair that we now as a House move to look into the interests of these people."
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