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    "id": 532648,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Munyes",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the President’s Speech which captured the mood of the nation. I remember standing up to applaud the President when he raised the issue of corruption, when he apologized to Kenyans and partly when he addressed insecurity. I think the apology covered the whole country. The Northern Frontier District (NFD) which is now referred to as the ASAL area suffered after the country’s Independence because the ruling elite that time knew the ASAL counties as unproductive. That area would be referred to as a “low potential region”. We suffered a lot because of this marginalization. This was atrocious. It is better that person who is jailed for political reasons rather than that one who suffers under- development for many years. The leadership of this country should apologize for what is happening in the northern part of this country. Devolution may help, but we were left behind because of the machinations of the previous regimes. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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