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    "id": 277725,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/277725/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defense",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President talks about the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and Women Enterprise Development Fund. In my opinion, these funds exist and benefit only certain people. I am yet to see youth and women in my constituency who have benefited from these funds. Therefore, I think that there is something missing in the administration and distribution of these funds. There is even another fund where the elderly are given money. It started many years ago as a pilot project and is still being piloted. The elderly are wondering because they hear that old people in certain areas are receiving money. There are some areas that, that money has not reached. If we want to be a nation, whenever we start a project in this Republic, it must be spread throughout the Republic, so that people can feel that they belong to the nation. I noticed that even the Minister of State for Special Programmes, when the money came, she rushed it to her constituency. This is where we are wrong. If you are a Minister in Kenya, you are not a Minister for your constituency. So, instead of taking this money to her constituency, she should have given it to some place in Turkana, Kitui or elsewhere. This is wrong and that is why we have that imbalance of development of infrastructure. This is because the Minister makes sure that, first, he sends money to start infrastructure in the President’s place, Prime Minister’s place, his place, et cetera. It is not acceptable if we want to create a nation. I believe this is why we have disgruntled elements all over. People want to secede because they feel cheated. So, we want the leadership of this country to address the issue of nationhood. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for once, I agree with hon. Karua about tribal groupings. How can you talk about national unity and at the same time encourage tribal groupings? We have political parties; we do not need KAMATUSA, GEMA or Akamba Union. We need Kenyans to be united as one and where we want to do politics, we go to political parties and not tribal cocoons. I am saying these things because the President talks of legacy. The legacy the President is already leaving in the economic area is good enough. We want him to leave a united country by denouncing publicly KAMATUSA and GEMA. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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