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    "id": 620697,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuki",
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        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "almost like Turkana. If you go to Meru, Buuri, which is on the other side of Mount Kenya, it is dry. Actually, the name “Buuri” means “a place with no water”. You would not believe they are in the same county with Imenti South where tea and coffee are grown. Let me talk about my county, Tharaka Nithi County, especially my constituency, Chuka/Igambang’ombe. Chuka and Igambang’ombe are totally in two different worlds. Chuka is next to Mount Kenya and coffee and tea do well in the area. Every ridge is a river. On the other hand, in Igambang’ombe, even getting food for the cows is a problem. The name “Ngo’mbe” has been crafted in that constituency because it is a place that was known for cows making noise all the time because of lack of food. It is because of this kind of reasoning that I oppose the Motion. When you look at distribution in terms of what constituency should get hardship allowance, Chuka/Igambang’ombe Constituency is not classified under constituencies that get hardship allowance while the neighbouring Tharaka and Mbeere North constituencies have hardship allowances. This is because whoever went to assess the areas used the discretion that the proposed Authority is supposed to use in this case. Maybe they drove along the Meru-Embu Highway and when they saw the green tea and coffee, they decided that this is a constituency that does not deserve any hardship allowance. I really thank the two Houses of Parliament for meeting and seeking to change the clause and put it to read that the Authority may establish offices in other counties. However, I have a problem with discretion. While the Authority will use its discretion to decide in which county to establish offices, what criteria will they use in this particular case? Will they sit in Nairobi or will they go to the ground to establish the conditions on the ground? Will they be asking for reports? While I believe that there is need to save money in terms of operation costs for the offices, we should establish offices in every county. The size of the offices in terms of manpower should depend on the degree of the aridness of the county in question. That is my position. I do not support."
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