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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to thank Dr. Otichilo for this Motion. Let me pick it up from where Mr. Mututho left. I want to plead with the hon. Minister to appreciate the fact that we need reliable data and statistics in this country for the sake of knowing the truth. Once we know it, we will be able to address the problems affecting this country. I want to commend the Minister for the job that he did during the 2009 Census. However, I thought he could have seized that opportunity to do the well- being survey. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to continue faulting what we are relying on today. According to the well-being survey that was done in 2005, the sample used was about 13,000 households and 69 districts. The census was only carried out for 158 districts. Today, we have 284 districts with more than 8.7 million households. Therefore, we cannot say that we have the correct data because we relied on a sample of 13,000 households. That is an unreliable sample that cannot be used to determine the resource allocation in this country. We all appreciate that in the devolved government system, we want to share resources of this country equitably so as to ensure we live in harmony. We will need reliable data to do so. There will be cut throat competition on how counties are run. It is important not to marginalize any part of this country. With those remarks, I want to persuade this House to pass this Motion and for the Minister to move with speed to make sure that he has a reliable data as we usher in the new political dispensation. The last census consumed Kshs8.4 billion. I believe with half of that money we will be able to come up with reliable data that anybody can rely on. With those remarks, I support."
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