{"id":756706,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/756706/?format=json","text_counter":230,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Adan Haji Yussuf","speaker_title":"The Member for Mandera West","speaker":{"id":13420,"legal_name":"Adan Haji Yussuf","slug":"adan-haji-yussuf-2"},"content":"Because of the situation the President finds himself in, he was not in a position to mention a lot about development. I come from a constituency where men and women of 90 years old and above have never seen a tarmac road in their lives. They do not know whether a tarmac road is black, yellow, green or white. If you tell them that a tarmac road is white, they will just accept that because they have never seen one. I heard the President say that in the near future, he is going to construct a tarmac road that would connect Moyale and my constituency. I will be happy for my grandfather to see a tarmac road before he passes on soon. He has been asking me whether a tarmac road is black, white, yellow or blue. That is also a constituency where the backbone of its economy is livestock production. The ribs that you enjoy here come from there. Therefore, I will definitely, in the course of this time, come up with Motions and requests to see how best we can develop our livestock industry. Being an expert of the livestock…"}