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    "id": 33647,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Imanyara",
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        "legal_name": "Gitobu Imanyara",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. In supporting it, I want at the very outset to thank the organization that forms Kenyans for Kenya for the very sterling job that they have done within a very short time, to identify with the people of parts of Kenya that have been marginalized for long. In particular, I also wish to congratulate and commend the efforts of the Red Cross Society of Kenya for the job that it has done in ensuring that this effort that resulted in raising of close to Kshs500 million within a very short time, took place in the manner it did. As we do this, it is a great shame that at a time when Kenyans’ attention is directed towards the dire needs of other Kenyans, this Government continues to engage in “business as usual” with regard to corruption. When we want to raise money for the people of northern Kenya, we hear that we have just paid money for a fertilizer factory that does not exist. What policies is this Government pursuing to ensure that this famine does not ever occur again? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is not something that was not predicted. There were early warnings as late as last year. There were newspaper write-ups about what is likely to happen and the Government knew it. However, instead of preparing, we are hearing that even the little that was collected as relief food is being stolen. Just yesterday you saw people being arrested offloading relief food in some private warehouses. Chiefs in northern Kenya and other places are being arrested. Why? This is because they have informed the world of their plight. They have given refuge to media persons who want to expose the truth for what it is. The Government’s reaction, as usual, is to suppress information."
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