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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": "Having said that, there are actually regions that have benefited from resources because of marginalisation. As a country, we must look at how different regions have benefited and whether all the regions are at the same stead. You may find that an area that was marginalised 20 years ago is no longer marginalised. My area is definitely still marginalised. I also speak for the Suba – a smaller community within my constituency – who may suffer further marginalisation. On that note, I want to urge the Government not to be making promises that it cannot realise very fast when it is dealing with marginalised communities like ours. For instance, the Government recently made a promise to tarmac the Rusinga Island Ring Road and those of us who are marginalised are waiting with a lot of interest to ensure it is done. Going back to the regional authorities, I agree with Hon. Murugara who talked last. We need a bold approach to fold up those bodies and give the money to counties with enhanced oversight roles, so that we do not devolve corruption. I want to reiterate that, that would have been a better approach. Again, I do not know whether it is the Mwongozo that talks about the number of members as eight. The individuals that are being proposed to be in those bodies are too many. Perhaps, we need to streamline that, especially for the local communities. I do not understand why we have eight as the number of those who are coming in. Even so, within that number of eight, we need to re-emphasise the issue of inclusion. One of the things that I have noticed is that this Bill speaks a lot about the issue of natural resources. I said that it was, indeed, unfortunate that the Bill that was talking about natural resources, especially on its sharing, died during the Second Reading. This Bill talks about natural resources without defining what a natural resource is. I do not know what exactly is being talked about in this Bill. We must ensure that we define what a natural resource is. I hope we will bring amendments. But since we are not bold enough to send those bodies home, we should ensure that they undertake programs and projects on climate change adaptation since they are doing programs that deal with that area. Those are the things that we ought to talk about as a country, but we do not seem to realise that. For instance, in the last few days in this country, the weather has been extremely hot - which is not typical. That has not been here alone. I was in South Africa two months ago, and there was a heat wave. We are actually suffering the effects of climate change and we only want to act on things that have money; where there could be a gain to the Government or to us. That is why many of us were supporting the Bill on climate change adaptation. There are low-hanging fruits that we can deal with at individual level, leadership level and at community level to ensure that we deal with those issues. I want to complete because I can see that my time is up. Can you just give me one minute to conclude?"
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