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    "content": "poverty and we will be driving our country towards achievement of Vision 2030. We need to do that as a matter of urgency, and that is the reason why I strongly support the Motion by Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo and its spirit, even after it has been amended. I believe the amendment adds value to this Motion. Lastly, Madam Temporary Speaker, Botswana has been cited here as an example; that Botswana, a small country, actually came to Kenya and borrowed our policies which had been developed and they were lying in our shelves. They picked that policy on livestock, went out and implemented it and, today, they are on top of the world in terms of exports of meat and other livestock products. I think we should go back and think of where we are going wrong. We need to implement some of these good policies. Madam Temporary Speaker, what I am saying is; in some of these areas, in northern Kenya and other ASALS, for example, what we really need to do is to revise our attitudes and thinking; to change our mentality because that is what we must do. If we went back to the basics, I believe that the potential in some of the ASAL areas of our country is so huge that they will be able to present opportunities for us to transform our lives and the lives of Kenyans. They will add value to our economy, they will help the economy to grow and, that way, they will be contributing towards the achievement of Vision 2030. Madam Temporary Speaker, I think it is time we started moving in that direction, and I want to take this opportunity to congratulate my friend, the Professor from West Pokot – and I have had the opportunity to work with him when we served in the Government in the Ministry of Public Works and I know he is a serious man. I want to thank him seriously for his concern in bringing this Motion here because I think it will help. If we implement the spirit of this Motion, we will be able to change the lives of Kenyans and move towards achieving our Vision 2030. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support."
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