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    "speaker_name": "Ahmed Bashane Gaal",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Tarbaj",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, let me thank the community of Tarbaj Constituency for voting me as their Member. Their votes will not be in vain. I will work for them for I know their concerns and challenges. I know there are issues of water, roads and many others. Let me also congratulate the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and other Members of Parliament for having been elected in their various positions. Let me also mention that I was elected on a PDR ticket. This is a small party which came into existence just three months before the elections. We have done well and it will not be in vain. The other thing is that Tarbaj Constituency gave the highest number of votes for the President of the Republic of Kenya. While other parts of the country are talking about providing 70 per cent in the next election on 17th October 2017, as Tarbaj Constituency, we will provide 80 per cent plus one, God willing. Let me add my voice to what my colleagues have said on the issue of drought that is biting in the northern region and other Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL). It is a serious situation and I ask institutions that are meant to take care of this situation to come in handy. The situation is serious and unless it is handled quickly, it will degenerate. One American Senator one time said that we can live without oil and even without love, but we cannot live without water. So, it is very important that water is provided to the victims of drought in my constituency and other ASAL areas in general. On the President’s Speech, I have seen his respect and fidelity for the Constitution. It is not easy for a sitting President in Africa to concede whilst he has this kind of majority. It is a lesson for Africa and the whole world. So, I commend the President for having respected the court’s judgement even though he disagrees with the decision. We respect and congratulate him for that. On the matter of the youth the President, in his Speech, said that he has provided an enabling environment. That is why many of the youth contested and were elected as Members of Parliament. The President and his Government gave the youth and women an enabling environment to contest for these positions. The President also spoke about devolution. In areas like North Eastern, where I come from, transformational development has only been realised because of devolution, which our President has greatly supported."
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