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    "id": 1300322,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tobiko",
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    "content": "urban centres, a place like Kitengela, which is very close by in Nairobi, should be looking like part and parcel of Nairobi. We have a place called Kya Ng’ombe in Kitengela where children have no space for a school. That town has no sewer system. Kitengela Town has water issues. There are areas in our urban centres like in Kajiado North in Rongai, Kiserian, Ngong’, we have a place called Geshagi, we have Gataka, areas that are marginalized and are in need of services but were not considered because they were looked at as areas that are in towns and were not considered for this Fund. It does not mean those who are in towns are comfortable. There are areas in towns that are very needy. If you find those who are needy in our urban centres, then you will what poverty really means. The CRA formula did not go deep into consideration of aspects of poverty that is bedevilling Kenyans. In the rural parts like where I come from in Kajiado East, it has not been allocated a shilling in the Equalization Fund. We have been viewed to be almost part of Nairobi, because we have Nairobians who are living around Kitengela. They are people who have moved out of the middle class in Nairobi into our area and built beautiful homes. However, that does not mean the Maasais are not living in Manyattas. They are living in Manyattas with no water, roads and electricity. So, there is poverty in the midst of some plenty from some areas. Madam Temporary Speaker, the CRA should go deep to address and get a formula that will address the real issues of poverty in this country. Today, I can invite my colleagues to where I live, in a place around Konza City. Within one and a half hours you will be there as it is not far. However, I live in Nairobi because I cannot stay at home, like the people in Kiambu who go to their homes in Thika and come back. My place should be a 40 minutes’ drive, but it is not. It takes two hours as the road is bad. There will be wear and tear. Should the El nino come, I will not be able to reach my home because we do not have tarmac yet we are so close to Nairobi. Somebody somewhere in this country must explain why we have the inequalities in this country. Some Government somewhere must be responsible. The Jomo Kenyatta Government and the Moi Government did not address the inequalities of this country neither did the Uhuru Government. I hope and pray that my President today will address the inequalities of this country. That should we receive 38 kilometres of tarmac between Isinya and Konza, many of us will be operating from our homes and feel the pleasure of operating from home and coming to work in Nairobi the way the people from Thika do. We want to feel what these other privileged Kenyans feel. We want to come from our homes, work and go back to our farms. It is possible, but we have been marginalized while being the bedroom of Nairobi. We have been marginalized, while so near to development. We just get to see the skyscrapers of Nairobi and the Standard Gauge Railway crossing our area."
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