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    "content": "On the national unity that Mr. Affey has spoken about, if we moved together as Kenyans, indeed, it will be one way of bringing our people together. If we hear about the problem of cattle rustling and other problems affecting some parts of this country, we will not say that the Migingo issue is a Luo problem or the cattle rustling that is going on is a Turkana problem. We will say this is a Kenyan problem. We are national leaders who represent a country called “Kenya”. We will not be limited to our respective constituencies if this is done. This morning, I heard Mr. Ojode speak about a place called “Kulamawe” I have never heard of this place. I am told that this is a place in Garbatulla District. This is a place where Kenyans were killed. When you talk of “Kulamawe”, one would think it is a place, where people eat stones. This is because you have no connection with the place except for Mr. M’Mithiaru who raised the issue in this House. As an hon. Member who comes from a place where we grow maize, I would think that our brothers up there maybe, eat stones. However, if we visit Garbatulla one day, sit there and interact with the people and see first-hand problems of the people of Garbatulla, we will connect with them. It is very important that we must, as a matter of urgency, put into practice. Indeed, the problem of this nation has been about the inequitable distribution of our resources. If we went out, we would, in distributing our resources, know that, indeed, there are Kenyans who have been left behind in development. They have been forgotten and made to feel like second class citizens for many years. These areas need more resources than those that have enjoyed these resources in the past. We would, in serving this nation and our constituencies, be more sensitive and support policies that are more equitable and which will look at the historical injustices that have been there. If this is done, we will also be in a position to see how best to address these problems so that any Kenyan, whether he lives in Kulamawe, Garbatulla, Kakuma or Kitale, can feel that he or she is a citizen of Kenya and is entitled to the national cake that should be equitably distributed."
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