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    "id": 717969,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1576,
        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other thing is negligence in this Republic. Cattle rustling is associated with certain parts of this Republic where we have poor infrastructure in terms of roads. Cattle rustling is also practised in areas where there is no water. The vice is also rampant in areas where education is limited. This is also the question of marginalization because the areas which suffer from this practice are those, for one reason or the other, have not been prioritised in terms of development. In the new dispensation, development should not be tied to politics, orientation or whatever. There must be a masterplan. We also have things like the Vision 2030 in this country. This should consider every part of this Republic. There must be a development activity going on in every part of the country. This being an election year, it is a matter of do or die. Why is this the case? It is because if you are associated with leadership, there are things that go with it. This is why people kill each other in this country. If you go to the local level, you will meet leaders fighting and causing chaos because they want to be in leadership. Why? I do not think it is because they want to serve the country or citizens. There must be other interests greater than why they are doing it. So, it is a question of marginalization and people being entrusted with responsibilities. From my place, we can count in terms of hundreds of millions of people who were well and were educating their children but they can no longer do it. Some of them have died because of high blood pressure and other diseases associated with shock. You have may be 200 cows, one day, all of them are gone and you are finished. This has gone on for a long time. There must be a clear mechanism by the Government. If it cannot protect, it must be able to compensate people who have lost their livelihood through negligence and inability to provide adequate security and support mechanism. But above all, there must be a clear strategy. This is why I am telling even the governors and those who have been entrusted with money for equalization or Pesa Mashinani at the county level that money is doing nothing. There is no change before the counties came into being and now. It is even worse. So, that money must be channelled to those areas which suffer from these atrocities so that they can enjoy the benefits of freedom and economic development like any other people---"
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