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    "id": 455714,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/455714/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shidiye",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Muktar Shidiye",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Today is an exciting day for me. I am excited as I was when the CDF Bill was moved. It is a new dawn for northern Kenya, particularly the marginalized areas. If you look at what has happened in our country for the last 50 years, particularly in northern Kenya, you will really cry. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, 50 years down the line, we have no tarmacked roads, electricity and even quality education. You will realize that in our areas, majority of the people are living below the poverty line. Others are even asking whether we are independent. What has happened that we are still begging for food, which is a basic need? When one travels from Nairobi to Turkana, northern Kenya, Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, he or she will realize that any commodity that he or she buys from those sides becomes more and more expensive. Therefore, such a fund will uplift the standards of the people in that area. We have seen what the CDF has done and what the county governments money is being used for, and we are really excited. It is really an exciting time for this country. If the devolved governments, CDF and this Bill could not be passed to become law, we would have remained backwards. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, why do we have cattle rustling in our area? It is simply because we are poor. If we reduce poverty, believe you me, there will be no cattle rustling. Cattle rustling is caused by grinding poverty; people living in abject poverty. In this country, we want to reduce the gap of inequality. Kenya is one of the countries that have the highest inequality in the world after Brazil. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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