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    "id": 385592,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/385592/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Machage",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 179,
        "legal_name": "Wilfred Gisuka Machage",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I am a politician. Look at Nyamira, Busia, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Migori, Samburu, Tharaka Nithi, Isiolo, Garissa, Wajir, Marsabit, Lamu, Mandera and so on, what do you see? Those are the marginalized areas of Kenya. They have very high potential but have been intentionally marginalized. This must be corrected. I know I am stepping on some people’s nerves on this but let the truth be said. That is the only way we can say that we have identified the problem. Let us depoliticise road network development; that is all the prayer I am making as a politician. I cannot talk about anything else but politics, because that is what I am. The issue here is equitable distribution of resources. How much resources were used to build those road networks in those top ten, and how much have the other regions lost in the 50 years of Independence? That is the truth. If we have not begun thinking of what to do, let us go into what I call affirmative action on development of road networks; intentional affirmative action. Let us increase the road networks in north eastern Province, which was hitherto known as the Northern Frontier District. Let us improve the road network systems in Nyanza. It is an open secret that because of our political situations; because of our outbursts in politics, we lost a lot; and that is the truth. But let us now know that this is a different Government under the able leadership of President Uhuru; therefore, let us have a difference. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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