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    "id": 1375553,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1375553/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": "The two are not the only ones because we have nature. There is no way we can address food production without addressing rain patterns in this country. That is where I differ with my senior, Hon. Mbadi. If the rain fails, we will go back to the old story. I want us to challenge ourselves. When it is dry, the national Government and county governments need to be ready. They should allocate more money to generate more water so that our productivity can be constant. All in all, the Report is good but let us be real. Let the Movers of this Motion be real to themselves. It was not a very good intention to bring this issue of the cost of living because it is a diverse topic which cannot really be put on paper. There are very many factors that come into play. The international community has a direct impact on what Kenya does. When you are talking about the cost of living, this is a factor that also needs to be considered. There is also the issue of delineation. This Report falls short of addressing the real criteria and re-defining what the constituencies and counties need to follow so that they can be given status as such. This Report did not examine that. The only aspect that was brought out was marginalisation. I believe that there are very many other factors that this Report should have addressed on delineation. This Report is a bit biased because it does not address the issue of hardship areas. There are very many areas in this country which are not defined as hardship areas. I thought that aspect should have been brought into this Report. Some counties, constituencies, and wards have been given hardship status, while others have not. This goes towards determination of the resources that need to be allocated to them. Many Kenyans have lost faith in the IEBC because it is riddled with a lot of problems. How many Kenyans vote? That is a basic question which has not been answered or asked in this Report. It is only an average of 60 per cent of Kenyans. What goes on with the other 40 per cent? Who addresses why they do not vote? I thought this Report would bring out properly why 40 per cent of Kenyans do not vote. This is very important. How are their issues being addressed? Why have they lost faith in voting and the IEBC? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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