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    "id": 459,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 192,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at Articles 203 and 204, you will appreciate that the Mover’s intent in bringing this Motion to the House is to ensure that the Constitution is followed to the letter. This is very critical. In 2006 and 2007, we had some areas which were seriously affected by drought but during the financial year, those constituencies were given a raw deal. If we had a credible survey like the one envisaged by this Motion, that situation would not have arisen. It is very important that we take this country seriously, so that every Kenyan can have his or her rightful share of the national cake. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you look at the pastoralists communities where I come from, they will lose 80 per cent of their livelihood. I am sure the same applies to some of your people, because I border your constituency and I know they are suffering. Those people lost over 80 per cent of their livelihood. If you cannot adjust so that the sharing of the national cake is equitably distributed, so that every citizen is affected equally, we will have a problem in running this country. The National Revenue Allocation Commission should be fully and adequately funded as indicated in the Motion, so that they can contact a credible national survey. This is to ensure that come next year when we move into the dispensation of county governments, then the National Assembly and the Senate will be in a position to say a particular constituency or ward requires so much for development. It should not be based on the 15 per cent because that is the minimum as indicated in the Constitution. We cannot say like what we are saying in the current CDF that we equalize the constituencies and then we give them a certain level. If a constituency is poor, it should get a much better or bigger percentage. I always wonder and I am not accusing the planners in the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, but how can we compare Starehe Constituency, for example, and North Horr? How can you compare the two? We do not need electricity,"
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