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    "id": 164138,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/164138/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "First, I would like to thank the Mover, Mr. Affey, for bringing this Motion at this right time, when we are discussing the \"Kenya we Want\". Just for the record, northern Kenya and other arid lands constitute 80 per cent of our land mass. In terms of the constituencies, there are slightly less than 80 constituencies that are within northern Kenya and other arid lands. There are 78 constituencies. In terms of the population--- Kenya's population now stands at between 36 and 37 million. We have 16 million people in those areas. I am bringing these statistics to show the kind of population that we are trying to ignore, just by considering an exam paper when we talk about the sharing of our national resources. If we add, as the Mover has ably put it, other marginalised areas in this country, which are not necessarily within the perimeter of arid and other semi arid lands, then we are talking of about 50 per cent of our country in terms of population. The population of arid and semi arid areas is about 40 per cent of our population."
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