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    "id": 1384913,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "The amendment by Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a is an interesting read. I agree with retaining what exists. It would be extremely unfair to wake up in the morning and wipe out Lamu East and Lamu West. It will be unfair to wipe out my neighbours, Budalangi. My grandmother would curse me and my mother would be extremely unhappy because she hails from there. She could not find a suitable husband in Budalangi and that is why she came to Funyula Constituency to look for my father. We must always respect the symbiotic relationship that we have. Some of the reasons these constituencies might not meet the numbers are beyond our control. It would have been good for the Hon. Member to tell us what the population of these constituencies was after the 2019 census report. Members of these constituencies have gone to sleep putting the country in a conundrum they could have easily avoided. The last review was in 2012. It has been 12 years and, in that period, each individual could have multiplied themselves six times. We ask them to go to work so that in the next review, they do not ask for sympathy. All adults here know the only way to overcome marginalisation. In western Kenya, we do not have a problem. Our kindergarten classrooms are full of children. Let them borrow a leaf on how to get the work done. With those few remarks, I encourage them to pursue but we need to solve this problem once and for all and probably borrow a leaf from what Ambassador Sunkuli has said regarding expansion. The Constitution also provides safeguards. It talks about geographical features, urban centres, communities of interest, historical, economic, and cultural ties. We do not need to 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"
}