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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to support. Before I entered elective politics, and was still a voter, the area where I come from was one area whereby if you wanted to get votes, you gave relief food as promise number one. You would say: “If you elect me, I will bring you relief food.” You would be voted in. Secondly, you would promise to give them water. That has been a song. Even the Prime Minister today understands a bit of Kikamba Language. When he went there campaigning, he said: “ Mwienda kiw’u muyienda mwolyo.” Those were the words of the Prime Minister. That has been a slogan which has been used in Ukambani by leader after leader. For once, we have seen the Government give 30 per cent of the money for boreholes to lower Eastern Province. It was a start, but there are challenges. We have northern Kenya. We have Turkana. You know very well that whenever you tell me: “I have gone upcountry” I always tell you: “Say you have gone to another country” because it is as if Turkana is not part of this country. The same applies to North Eastern Province. I went to school in Garissa. In Standard Two I was in Garissa. Today, there is still not much change in those areas. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the same problem is prevalent in Coast Province. There is also upper Eastern Province where we face the same problems. We do appreciate that there are challenges within the Ministry. However, it is also difficult to understand the operations of the Government. We would want the Minister to lobby seriously within the Government and first say you want Kshs10 billion which should be shared equally. You should then bring affirmative action in these other constituencies. If you use simple arithmetic, if an amount of Kshs10 billion is allocated to the Ministry, each constituency will get Kshs40 million."
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