{"id":164104,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/164104/?format=json","text_counter":504,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Ethuro","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":158,"legal_name":"Ekwee David Ethuro","slug":"ekwee-ethuro"},"content":"Parliament is the cornerstone of democracy. It is a place where, we as the representatives of the people, should take a diagnostic look into the issues that confront our people. For those of us who represent pastoralists from northern and southern Kenya and all the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), it is time that we looked at the kind of policy framework that has been in place; a policy framework that has deliberately been put in place to continue to marginalise and neglect certain areas of this country. The Tenth Parliament should make a difference. As the Tenth Parliament, we pride about live broadcasting and new Standing Orders. The next thing that this Parliament must give to Kenyans and be proud about is a new generation of Kenyans where the marginal areas of this country will no longer be considered marginal and of less potential. This is an opinion. A policy statement is an intent. Depending on who are the policy makers at any one time, they create a situation where they are more productive than other areas."}