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    "id": 242193,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ochilo-Ayacko",
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        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "I must confess that I have not been to Homa Bay for the last two years because of that road. I confess further that I will not go to Homa Bay for another year because that road will still be in that state. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the resources of this country belong to all Kenyans and this House is a House of justice and fairness. If you look at the manner, way and style in which these funds have been shared out, there is no justice. We could be the minority but justice has been defeated by the manner of distribution of resources in this House. It is tragic that some people who may not have travelled to other parts of the country are cheering the Ministry on and saying that the allocation is fair. If you look at what has been allocated for Nairobi and add that to what has been allocated to Central Province, we are talking about Kshs6 billion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, not all of us live in Nairobi, Central Province and even the neighbouring environs but we must know that the economy of this country is inter- connected. What is being produced in Mount Elgon, Uasin Gishu and Kitale must reach Nairobi. What is in Lake Victoria is as much property of Kenya as what is in Coast Province. So, if we are approving the allocation of money in this style and there is no guarantee that Coast, Nyanza, North Eastern and Eastern provinces will be captured by a more magnanimous Ministry next year, then what those people have is not hope but doom. So, I want to ask Members of Parliament who are in this House and who love this country, to show that love by thinking about fairness to other areas that do not have a voice in the Government."
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