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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lentoimaga",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Samburu North",
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": " Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to congratulate you and the Speaker for being elected to the National Assembly. My names are Alois Musa Lentoimaga, Member of Parliament for Samburu North. I want to take this opportunity, first of all, to thank people of Samburu North and specifically Baawa, Opiroi, Angata Nanyuki, Ele Barta, Ndoto and Nyiro for electing me to represent them in this House. I want to assure them that I will do my work diligently and I will not discriminate any community in that area. I want to assure them that I will do that in the House and even outside. I want to thank the President for the good Speech he gave us on 16th April, 2013. I believe he can perform. Those of us who know him have no doubt that he will perform. He touched on many issues and because he is a team player, all the issues that he mentioned in his Speech, I believe, will be delivered as we go along. He has already shown some signs that he can do better because he is doing consultations. He demonstrated that when he was giving his Cabinet names yesterday. So, let us give him time and, at the end of five years, I am sure he will realize his vision for this country. Five years is a long time. We thought that the former President would not do much, but he did a wonderful job in terms of infrastructure. Hon. Deputy Speaker, one of the issues the President touched on was infrastructure. I want to talk about infrastructure. Infrastructure, especially where we come from, is a very critical tool. Areas in Samburu County and generally in the whole of northern Kenya have been closed because there is no infrastructure. We have been cut off from the rest of the world to the extent that we believe we are not part of Kenya. That is why most of our people say: “We are going to Kenya “A”. So, the people in Samburu and Turkana counties feel that they are in Kenya “C” or “D”, just because of infrastructure. We are unable to exploit our resources, bring investors into our region or even curb insecurity because of poor infrastructure. I want to tell this house that, in my view, the President is working hard to develop infrastructure. I want to appeal to our Government that the road from Rumuruti to Maralal, Baragoi, South Horr, Loyangalani up to North Horr be given priority for tarmacking. That is because 90 per cent of our people have not seen a tarmacked road in their lives. Children do not know what is tarmac. So, it is a mirage. Our people do not know what tarmac is. I think Kenyans should give us an opportunity this time. If a budget comes for infrastructure, let us give that particular area priority because it will open it up. It will assist us even to create employment. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the second issue that I would like to mention is security. I know that most areas in this country face a lot of insecurity and, more so, in Samburu North. People forget these things so easily. Article 238 of our Constitution deals with protection of property, freedoms, stability and the rule of law. But I want to tell this House that there is total breakdown of law and order in Samburu North. I want to bring to the attention of this House the massacre of more than 60 policemen in Baragoi on 10th November last year. So far, nothing has been done. When they were killed, the firearms were stolen - more than 50."
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