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    "content": "Nairobi because I had not visited that particular school. So, I know where hon. Gikaria was coming from in terms of Members of Parliament who represent urban areas where there are slums. Just like the hon. Members in the past were able to convince the Government, those who come from the arid and semi arid (ASAL) areas to have them classified, as such it is also our responsibility as hon. Members who come from areas like Nairobi, Kisumu or Nakuru where there is extreme poverty in the slum areas to convince the Government to also classify these areas as areas that need special attention. When it comes to school going children and especially girls, Akinyi is a girl and she is hawking groundnuts until 12.00 a.m. at night. If you know the experience of Nairobi at night, you would know that if she has not been victimized either by hooligans or even what was previously the City Council and now the county government officials or the police, then she is a lucky girl. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, and the same inequalities apply but let me tell you why I enjoy being a political activist and now a County Member of Parliament. It has given me the opportunity to see this country. I always wish that one of our Standing Orders could be effected so that once in a while we do not sit in this House but have sittings in either North Horr, Turkana, Lokichar or Galole because you will be amazed that we are not equal. We are far from equal! When we hear hon. Members from those areas say that when they get into buses their people ask them whether they are going to Kenya, it is not a joke; it is real. I visited some of my colleagues, especially those who come from Turkana and I had no idea whether we were flying or driving because there is no road. How you even know where you are going is a miracle. You have to be an expert otherwise you cannot get to where you are going because there is no road. So, it cannot be that we are equal and that is why the Constitution, during its formation, came up with the Equalization Fund; which I still think is inadequate. I still feel that, that fund cannot equalize those areas as fast as we would want and I wish we would be fighting between the Senate and the National Assembly on key issues like: Can we increase the Equalization Fund rather than who is superior to the other?"
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