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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ngikor",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Ngikor Nixon",
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    "content": "areas like Loriu and Suguta is not there because there are no chiefs. Nobody represents the Government there. I support this amendment so that this money can be used to bring those areas at the same level with other parts of this country. I support what hon. Gumbo has said that when we come from some of those areas like Turkana, when you reach Kitale, you start saying that you are in Kenya. When I go to my constituency during weekends, people ask me where I have come from. I tell them that I am from Kenya. That is not because I am not a Kenyan. I am a Kenyan, but because of lack of those facilities, people feel that they are not part of Kenya. Kenya is a developing country and it will not move from being a developing country to a developed country just because some areas are being developed and others are not. We are all going to remain a developing country just because of those areas which have been left behind. Unity will not be achieved when the rest of Kenyans are enjoying water, health services, electricity and good schools, but some parts are not. We are talking of being united as a nation. We cannot until that time when all of us will enjoy all those. That is the time we can say that we are in Kenya and we are one because nothing will make us be different from one another. When we talk about Vision 2030, which is now nearing, I do not know how the whole nation can claim to have achieved Vision 2030 when some parts of this country - places like northern Kenya and Turkana where I come from - have not even started one of the pillars of Vision 2030. We are still there. I urge this House to support this amendment so that all Kenyans will enjoy being in Kenya. With regard to roads, the road from Kitale to Nadapal is a nightmare. This is not because we do not have engineers and public works officers there, it is just because of marginalization. Those places are not equal to the others. With this money, we can make all those areas to be equal. The CDF, which has been tested since 2003, has done a lot. The only dispensary that we have in my area is through CDF. The schools that we have are from CDF. The only borehole that we have is through CDF."
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