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    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Another thing is the timeframe for carrying out the poverty survey. We know that a national census survey is always done after every ten years. Even if the time frame for doing poverty survey was ten years, another poverty survey is due given that the last poverty survey was done in 2005. Most importantly, I wish to ask the team to take into account several factors, including the diversity of the people and the economic trends in rural and urban areas. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we were trying to create new constituencies, we considered the outcome of the last census survey. There was a variation – plus or minus 40 per cent – based on the diversities in urban and rural areas. When doing poverty survey, such variation should be taken into account. What is so critical in this Motion is the fact that it has asked for poverty survey at the lowest levels, namely the ward, the constituency and the county. This is because even if we go to devolution, county survey is not enough. It is good that every county knows the poverty trends in their wards and constituencies; when we use the equitable method of resource allocation at the national level it can translate to the county level. At the county level, what goes to Kajiado County, for instance, must also be shared equitably to the ward level, using both the population and the poverty trends. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am, therefore, kindly asking those who will carry out this survey to go deep and be very specific and try to give this country value for money. I was so surprised to hear that Kajiado is the richest county in the country. My constituency is in Kajiado County. Year in year out, people in my constituency are given relief food. Even looking at Kajiado as a district, if it was among the 69 districts that were sampled, you will appreciate that Kajiado County has five districts. So, which district was sampled amongst the five districts? Kajiado County starts from Ngong and covers areas all the way to Taveta. You cannot do a survey in Ngong and say that the results reflect the situation in the whole of Kajiado County. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said time and again on the Floor of this House that the poverty levels indicated in the poverty survey report are not reflective of what is on the ground. They are very inappropriate. It is, therefore, high time that the Ministry concerned undertook a new, very objective and inclusive poverty surveys in all the wards in this country. The ward is the smallest unit of devolution in our now governance structure. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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