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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wario",
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        "legal_name": "Ali Wario",
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    "content": "areas were going to feed the low potential areas. Now, 50 years after Independence, the low potential areas are becoming lower by the day in terms of production. It is because of this Sessional Paper No.2 that the pastoralist areas are undergoing what they are now undergoing. I would wish to share with you some policies. If you read the Ominde Report of 1977 concerning the education standards in pastoral areas, Ominde was calling for a quicker intervention. This is because both retention and enrolment rates in pastoralist areas were deteriorating. This was followed by the Koech Report in the 1980s which raised the red flag. They were telling the Government to intervene in matters of education in the ASAL areas. In 2000, the UNDP raised the same thing. There was no intervention in the Government. That is why Tana River is always leading from the back. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to remind you of the historical injustices of the closed districts. There are some districts Kenya was not allowed to visit up to 1972. These are the districts we Members of Parliament are calling for intervention so that we can bring them at par with other districts. I am talking about Lamu, Garissa, Mandera, Moyale, Wajir and so on. This is Kenya. I am happy to stand here today because the drafters of the new Constitution brought Article 204 to mitigate the suffering of the people of ASAL districts. My request to hon. Members is that they can address this injustice and imbalance so that our children enjoy the benefits of Independence like any other children of this country."
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