{"id":161102,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/161102/?format=json","text_counter":491,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. M.M. Ali","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Special Programmes","speaker":{"id":74,"legal_name":"Ali Mohamud Mohamed","slug":"ali-mohamud-mohamed"},"content":"When we talk about marginalisation of Kenya and other ASAL parts of this country, I thought I would get a few minutes to expound on what I felt I should put on record, because I feel that the marginalisation of these areas is rather legendary. Successive governments, both colonial and Independent Kenya Governments have kept this region in a state of perpetual neglect, leading them to score poorly in all known parameters of human development."}