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    "id": 195506,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/195506/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": ". We must think in a more positive and objective way. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot just put down figures, come here and bash the Minister when, actually, other Ministries are not submitting their policies for implementation. If you take an example of the Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands - they should call this the Ministry of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. It is not only the North Eastern Province which is suffering. We have semi-arid lands in Kajiado and Samburu districts. We cannot just go round pleasing people. This is our country. We should develop this country uniformly. We want to base development on equality. I cannot conclude without touching on the issue of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The Minister should have seriously taken care of the IDPs. When I looked at the Estimates I did not see big money allocated for IDPs resettlement. The Ministry of Special Programmes and the Ministry of Lands should have been considered for some little money to settle these important citizens of our country, who have been displaced. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to request that in the subdivision of land, 814 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 30, 2008 because of the poverty levels of our people, Stamp Duty should be waived. Otherwise, some of our people will not be in a position to acquire land, yet they are entitled to acquire it. But they cannot afford it, because they have no resources. Their livestock and crops were destroyed during the 2004/2006 drought. Of course, I know our brothers in the Central and North Rift also suffered the same consequences. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support accountability and transparency. The issue of corruption must be addressed in all Ministries, so that we can deliver services to our citizens. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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