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    "id": 455717,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shidiye",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Muktar Shidiye",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that Kenya is the third recipient of relief food, after Ethiopia and North Korea. We know that North Korea is a failed state and Ethiopia is almost a failed state, sorry to say that. But Kenya has never had war. Why are we the third recipient of relief food in the globe? That shows where we are. We are celebrating in Nairobi that Kenya is developed and has the best roads, like the one from Nairobi to Thika, which is a super-highway, but where are the rest? About 70 per cent of Kenyans are suffering and they are very poor. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would even go further and suggest that we should have a marshal plan. After the Second World War, other parts of Europe, German and France had marshal plans to uplift the living standards of their people. I was expecting that the marginal areas will get the support it deserves. There is what was called the “high and mighty technique” during the colonial time. During the colonial time, we were denied education, particularly in pastoral areas. The Maasai, Samburus, Turkanas, Rendiles and the Somalis were denied education. If you look at the number of people from pastoral areas who are working in Government today, you will realize that they are far fewer because of not being educated. Opportunities do not come to them because they are not even aware of what is going on. If you are in Mandera, you cannot even listen to the radio or get newspapers. Those are signs of poverty. This Bill has come at the right time and must be supported by all and sundry in this House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is urban poverty in this country. If you go to areas like Kibera and Mukuru Kwa Njenga, you will realize that those people are really suffering. Time has come for money to be set aside for those areas. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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