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    "id": 686790,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/686790/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Isaack",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2069,
        "legal_name": "Shaaban Ali Isaack",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The NG-CDF is very popular. Most Kenyans support it. The amendment Bill before the House is very unfair. It should not be allowed to pass for reasons I will explain. When this country gained independence in 1963, there was a policy to develop the arable lands and not the arid lands. As such, the arid lands have been left behind and the people there are marred with abject poverty. Arid lands constitute more than 70 per cent of Kenya’s land mass. If those areas were properly developed, they would be feeding this country today. In fact, this country would have surplus food. No Kenyan would be going hungry. The development of the arid lands in this country started when the CDF came into being. That was when we built schools, started functional water projects and initiated other serious development projects. The previous formula for sharing the CDF money took into consideration the poverty index, which is an important aspect in the sharing of the CDF resources. That formula helped those areas to at least develop. In some areas the poverty index is above 90 per cent while in others it stands at 20 per cent. Given that disparity, is it in order to say that we should share the NG-CDF funds 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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