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    "id": 575154,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogalo",
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        "legal_name": "George Oner Ogalo",
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    "content": "Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to support the Policy Paper as proposed by Hon. Sakaja. Our country has had an official State policy of marginalisation of certain communities and religious groups. Over time, this has had an effect on the way Kenyans relate. There is a feeling in certain quarters that certain ethnic groups have advantages in this country that others do not have. If you heard what President Obama said which has been repeated over and over about a child born in Nyanza, it shows you that certain regions of this country, whereas they have been actively participating in economic economy of the country, have not got back as much as they would have if there was equity. Since the 2013 Elections, we the people who represent certain segments of the population have a feeling, and we get reports that there is another unofficial State policy for the removal of those segments of the population from the public service. Because certain ethnic groups and religious communities feel that they are targeted negatively by the State, people tend to gang up within themselves for survival reasons. They gang up together as a way of protecting themselves. If these things are not addressed, then the state of division among communities and ethnic groups will continue. I am glad that this Policy now sets the agenda. It is not the beginning. Our Constitution has provisions that require that these preferences and disadvantageous practices do not occur. We have a Constitution that requires that equity prevails in all segments of the population. If I were to give advice, these policies should necessitate an audit of the entire Public Service to ensure that there is compliance with Article 232 of the Constitution, which is very clear that the public service of Kenya should reflect ethnic and regional diversity. If you do that audit today you will find the disparities that have occasioned the divisions that you see in this country. If today we carried out an audit of all the infrastructural investments which have taken place in Kenya, you will find that there are regions where a Class E road is tarmacked and there are areas where a Class A is not tarmacked. If you go to another place, you will find a Class C road is not tarmacked. This cannot happen although there is something important there. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the history of how we have been writing off loans to segments of the economy, you will find that certain segments have had loans written off over and over and today, the people of Western Kenya are saddled with huge debts incurred by our sugar companies. Nobody was ready to write off those loans before the counties came in 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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