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"speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Umulkher Harun",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for granting me this opportunity. The issue that we are discussing today touches close to my heart because I come from a region that owns the crown of marginalisation. We might hear many people saying that they are also marginalised but it is after devolution that we got the first national school. I had to travel all the way to Kiambu County to attend a national school. Rarely do we see students being placed in national schools in Garissa County. This is the challenge that we are addressing in marginalisation. The reason this money was set aside was to bring these counties to the same level as other regions. We have heard a ‘one man, one shilling’ debate going around. This discussion will further divide our country. We do not want to add any more wounds because when I hear ‘one man, one shilling’ I will stand here and say ‘one shilling, one kilometre’ so that every county from the marginalised areas gets an equal share of the national resources because we all pay taxes. We are 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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