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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it did not take less than seven days before the matter was discussed at the national level. We are glad to hear yesterday that this matter was discussed and deliberated upon at a meeting by none other than His Excellency the President and the Prime Minister. That was over seven days later. On the action taken on the ground, we are told that the Ministry of State for Special Programmes has now sent 100 bags of maize, 100 bags of rice, beans and vegetable oil. What we have is tokenism. Over time, people have starved in that region. Over time, we have heard a lone voice from the wilderness of Turkana. The Member for Turkana Central has been like a lone voice in the wilderness crying out to this nation saying: âHelp my people who are dying of hunger. Double relief food. Provide enough security. Provide roads. Open up this region. Provide electricity.â It is as if that has been falling on deaf ears. Not much has been done. Over 40 years after Independence, the people of Turkana live in abject poverty. They live in an age different from ours. As we sit in this august House and in this green City in the sun, we are in the 21st Century. But if anyone doubted that, indeed, there are two Kenyas, they need to visit Kabulokor and they will realize that while we"
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