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    "content": "meaningful avenue for the realisation of Article 43 that will ensure that they have access to affordable healthcare, housing, reasonable standards of sanitation and that they are free from hunger. Many of us in Kenya are still not free from hunger and cannot access food of acceptable quality. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo and his people should have a three course meal and not blood for dessert. They should also have ice cream. We should also ensure that there is safe water in adequate quantities. We need to have social security in these areas and give them the right to education. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo is one of the professors with distinguished credentials. However, he is one of the lucky ones from West Pokot. He cannot talk about equal successors within the wider diversity. If we can provide avenues of intervention and build on the wealth of these areas, then we would, undoubtedly, create many Prof. Lonyangapuos so that this area becomes sufficient with respect to economic and social transformation. Madam Temporary Speaker, Article 56 of the Constitution – I am trying to locate Prof. Lonyangapuo’s quest not only as a political or social discourse but a Constitutional discourse – is inherently a discourse under Chapter Four on the Bill of Rights. I think we must make human rights a developmental discourse. Human rights can no longer be an advocacy discourse as a stand-alone. In fact, it is incumbent upon the State, under Article 56, to ensure that it puts in place an affirmative action to design and ensure that the minority and marginalized groups are catered for. I believe that these areas fall under that category and should be provided special opportunity in education and economic fields. Therefore, this must be seen. Areas that have had dynamic and developmental growth must expect that in the next couple of years the Government will invest in them. I do not believe that equality is just about what we already have. Equality is also about those who have had an unfair advantage over others so that they are slowed down and those who have had no advantage at all are given the pace to catch up. Therefore, let us not pretend that equity is only about what we have now. Equity must also take cognizance of our historical past to ensure that the asymmetry of our development is readjusted. Finally, broadly, I think it is important to equip people with capacity so that they are less reliant on Government and more reliant on themselves. I think Kenyans would be successful when they have less of Government. We keep on talking about this, that Government, or that politician. We need to move progressively to ensure that we are less reliant on Government and that people are capacitated. I look forward to every county, person and every leadership being able to create sufficiency among its populace so that they obtain the objectives of development without necessarily making reference. We must diffuse from Moisim and Kanuism, I believe, which was about development at the pleasure of the President. I beg to move and call upon Sen. Elachi to second."
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