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    "id": 238097,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": "Not MPs! I am very poor. The second community comprises of majority of Kenyans who have been impoverished over time. Unfortunately, this country does not have a social welfare system where the money from the rich can be used to support the poor. This country needs a system to support the poor. We should find a way of getting the poor out of where they are. We should give them economic support. The lack of economic empowerment has left majority of Kenyans very poor. Inadequate resources have been mobilised to get majority of Kenyans out of poverty. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a few rich farmers have benefited in terms of loans from the Government. However, majority of poor farmers have never been supported by the Government. Unless a farmer has good security, he or she is not likely to access the loans. That makes Kenyans to remain poor. Most of the small-scale farmers are in the rural areas and have never had the opportunity to access the resources that are availed to the rich people. We have a Finance Bill that will be debated in this House. The Finance Bill intends to make poorer sugar-cane farmers by coming up with weird proposals which are not acceptable to Kenyans. The wealth of this country has been shared out among the rich people of this country based on tribalism. People from certain areas of this country, who are well placed within the Government, and who have been close to the powers that be in this country, are the ones who have had resources availed to them so as to become rich. Distribution of wealth in this country is based on siasa mbaya, maisha mbaya . If you are against or critical of the Government, then you get nothing."
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