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    "id": 455785,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I raised this recently when I had a meeting with all top security officers. I told them that they need to take the Government to those places. I was very categorical. I just want to say that we need to amend this Constitution. Hon. Members, do not fear to amend this Constitution. The American Constitution has been amended many times - I think 25 times by people like Hamilton in Philadelphia. I think it has now been amended 28 times. It has been amended by Jefferson and those other Presidents and famous Americans. So, we need to amend this, so that we can actually take development to 78 per cent of Kenya. About 22 per cent of Kenya is slightly developed. Why should we leave the 78 per cent at the mercy of poverty, people living in squalor and high mortality rate? All the bad indicators that you can talk about are found there. I have had an opportunity to be a Government officer, and let me tell you what obtains in North Eastern, the Upper Eastern and the Upper North Rift, that is in Pokot/Turkana region. People are just, I would say, kuvumilia. People are just saying that they support the Government because --- Actually, most of them supported this Government. They voted for it to the last man or woman, mundukhumundu . This is the time when we want the current regime to make a difference in our regions. We do not want to stay like we used to stay during the colonial period. If a formula is wrong, its result cannot be right. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) is the best model in the entire Continent, from the Gulf of Sirte in Libya up to Cape Town. This is the best development model that has ever been formulated in Africa. That is because 95 per cent of that money goes directly to projects. About 3.5 per cent goes to administration. What we have in the counties now is a sorry state of affairs. That is because 70 per cent of the money goes to pay salaries and the remaining 30 percent is for development. There is also a lot of corruption on the 30 percent that is going to development. I want to say the following about governors in Isiolo, West Pokot, Turkana and Kitui; those governors are using chase cars and sirens. Do you need a chase car in Isiolo or Kitui? You do not need it. You just need one Land Cruiser and that is enough. When you hear that in Kilifi - and I am repeating this - where poverty is in the range of 80 per 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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