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    "id": 1473841,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1473841/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana Central, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Emathe",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, again I want to support the request for statement by Hon. Kamket and say that it is high time we reconsider the C- (minus). The C- (minus) is making the chiefs’ administrative role to be elitist; someone who has gone to school, is educated but that is not the requirement. On the ground, there are people who understand the customs, they understand issues about land tenure, and they understand the nitty-gritties of how people live in those areas. Secondly Hon. Deputy Speaker, is on the issue of protecting inclusion of those who are marginalised or the minority groups. I draw attention to Article 56 of our Constitution especially sub-article (c) that makes us to recognise the importance of affirmative action. It is important to understand that yes, persons in those areas are literally marginalised in the first place in terms of education levels or access to quality education and when this happens, they get marginalised. Lastly, from experience, recently we were able to advertise seven positions for chiefs in my constituency. Out of seven, only four to-date have been filled but the remaining three up to now we are still requesting for re-advertisement. Even the four that we were able to do, we did more than three re-advertisements. So, it is high time to say congratulations to Hon. Kamket. This is timely and I submit. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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