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    "content": "poor if he lives in central Kenya. Poverty is a very individual condition. It is not collective. So, this is an attempt to zone people and say that as long as they live within a particular geographical area, they are poor. According to the UN international standards, for one to be said to be poor, if you earn or live on less than a dollar a day, even if you live in Nairobi, north eastern or wherever, you are a poor man. Following those actualities, if we would apply the correct standards, Nairobi would probably be the poorest county. Is it right to say that all those people who live in Kibera slum who lose their children every time there is cholera outbreak are not poor but a herdsman who has 10,000 head of livestock is necessarily determined to be poor? Is it fair to say that a man or woman who lives in the slums of Thika called Gitambaya or those who live in the slums of Obunga in Kisumu is supposed to be a rich person just because according to the zoning that has been done by CRA, that is a rich area? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this concept of failing to address poverty as an individual condition has made these formulae completely lopsided. This has disadvantaged hundreds of thousands of Kenyans who live in abject poverty and who require to be addressed in the new and proper concept of addressing who a poor person is. How do you determine poverty of an individual? The standard is set. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. It is so easy to know and determine a person who lives below the poverty line."
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