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    "content": "Supplementary Budget. Otherwise they will not see their next Supplementary Budget go through this House again. In Bomas, the Committee that was responsible for Finance had clearly indicated and passed through their proposals that a specific figure which was meant to ensure that northern Kenya, catches up with the rest of the country be set aside. It was a non- controversial issue. So, as the constitutional review comes, even if this matter will not be addressed, I have no doubt that, that will come up as one of the non-controversial issues to compel the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance to set aside some percentage of our annual Budget to ensure that northern Kenya catches up with the rest of the country. I want to give notice to the Ministry that if they do not do it; this will come through a constitutional amendment given the kind of support that this House has given to his Motion. One of the earliest things that this Ministry can do and they should, if they are really serious about this issue, and not take it to be a routine matter, is to quickly bring a Sessional Paper to formalize what the Minister said that he agrees to do. An hon. Member was talking about gold being found in Botswana, Namibia and in Kalahari Desert, among other places. I had an opportunity to go to Namibia and I found, along with others, a prosperous meat company because of the way the Government has invested in livestock. Not only that, even in the furthest end of the country, tourism was booming in one of the very remote parts of that country. This is basically because the Government has invested in infrastructure in that place. The area is a complete desert! In fact, you will be lucky to see grass. The number of tourists who fly to that place are unbelievable. Since I know that there are many hon. Members who still want to contribute to this Motion, I want to say that livestock which is the mainstay of the economy of northern Kenya and other arid areas is the gold that this country has refused to exploit to the advantage of the whole country. Although this matter went through this House, I have a problem with the issue of under-development. However, I will say it in passing. The right word should have been “marginalization” because it is a deliberate effort on the part of the Government to ensure that this is entrenched. It is not because it was by error but it was a policy decision. A time has come when we must realize that as a country, we have the same future. We cannot afford to neglect any part of this country. It is extremely important that when these issues are addressed, they are not addressed as matters of favour but matters of right. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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