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    "id": 135161,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bahari",
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Bahari Ali Jillo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Mr. Affey for moving this Motion because it addresses one of the key challenges of this country for the next few years to come. I must emphasize that this is nothing new. I can refer to the records of this House. One nationalist in this House, in 1975, had gone on record to say that when Kenyans from northern Kenya come to Nairobi or go to the central part of this Republic, they say that they are going to Kenya. He was very categorical and stated very clearly that the reason for this is because the Government had not developed that part of the Republic. This was in 1975. The hon. Member, in 1975, urged the Government, through this House, to start investing in that part of the country. This was 34 years ago and even today, we are still talking about the same issue. In fact, we are worse off now relatively than it was at that time. This is the era in which we must talk the truth. I believe that some of these issues will come up in the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) agenda. It was a deliberate Government policy in terms of investment in accordance to Sessional Paper No.10 of 1966 that we invest in what was considered to be a high potential area. I do not know who made the assessment of which areas were high potential. That should have been preceded by an assessment of the high potential areas. Thirty four years is a long time and we have not yet acted. Today, we are still talking about it. This is a very serious matter and the Government needs to look at it with the seriousness it deserves. Indeed, like one of the hon. Members said, we would like to see in the Supplementary Estimates, this issue addressed. I can assure you that we will mobilize this House. If the Ministry will not address this issue in the Supplementary Budget, we will take it upon ourselves to ensure that the Ministry includes this in the"
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