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    "id": 1405140,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, Lamu, Samburu and Garissa have one thing in common. They are arid areas, but Vihiga is not. Why would KeRRA or the Ministry of Roads led by one Murkomen who was a Senator in this House discriminate against Vihiga County where the number three of this country comes? We need an explanation and I will be bringing a statement in this House to question the criteria that was used. If Vihiga is a small county, why allocate Embu County Kshs245 million and have nothing for Vihiga County? We need this money so that our roads are in conditions that can be used. Right now, all our roads have been swept away. They are impassible and they cannot be repaired because KeRRA has not allocated money. Madam Temporary Speaker, I had to say this because we are being told that our county is in Kenya Kwanza Government. We cannot say we are in Government when we are receiving nothing. It saddens us that one of us who has an opportunity to become a member of the executive, who was fighting for equitable allocation of resources to counties is the one involved in discriminating against other counties. Waziri Murkomen, I hope you are hearing me today. You were in this House. I remember you were the leader of Team Kenya that demanded equitable distribution of resources to the counties. Now you are a Cabinet Secretary and discriminating against other counties like Vihiga, Samburu, Garissa and Lamu County. We cannot have a situation where 43 counties receive funds and only four do not receive any in this period when we are having flooding problems. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I wind up, I also want to talk about the issue of riparian lands. We are having floods in this city and others because of a lack of proper planning and corruption. We have a scenario where people have built houses on the riparian land. A river will always find its way."
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