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    "id": 327633,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/327633/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Letimalo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 68,
        "legal_name": "Raphael Lakalei Letimalo",
        "slug": "raphael-letimalo"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want the Assistant Minister to understand the total negligence and marginalisation that we are suffering in the northern part of Kenya. It is good that hon. Martha Karua has cited the road linking West Pokot District and Turkana County. The Assistant Minister is aware that there is a bridge which links Isiolo and Samburu National Reserves. This is an area which relies entirely on tourism as a source of income. The bridge was built by the British Army, but it collapsed during the heavy rains of 2009/2010. To-date, it has not been reinstated. This has caused tourists to be discharged in Isiolo and go round Samburu. So, they are charged twice, which is, really, unfair. We have the Seya Bridge, which was built by the Ministry, for which we really appreciate; but it also collapsed. So, why is the Government so insensitive? It takes so long before such infrastructural mechanisms are put back in place. Why have the bridges that were built by the British Army and the Ministry not been reinstated? When officers from the Education Department want to inspect some schools on the other side of the river, they have to travel for two days to reach those schools."
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