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    "id": 764570,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/764570/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13226,
        "legal_name": "Malachy Charles Ekal Imana",
        "slug": "malachy-charles-ekal-imana"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the chance. I would not say I support or refuse to support, but I want to take issue with the statements made by the Senate Majority Leader that some counties like Turkana and Wajir complained that they are marginalised. In truth, these counties are marginalised. If you can only visit one of them and see the conditions under which those particular wananchi or voters are living, you cannot deny the fact that these people have been marginalised for the last fifty years of Kenya’s Independence. We all know that the law stipulates that all citizens have the right to adequate food which is something that is rare in these particular counties. Therefore, that is a sign of marginalisation. All voters or all citizens have the right to access to adequate food, adequate water of good quality and good quantities. This is not something you will find in Turkana. When we did our campaigns, the two main issues that the Turkana people gave are the facts that, first, they need enough food. Secondly, they need enough water. These have not been available for the last fifty years. This country has been independent for close to fifty four years yet there are still counties like Turkana and, I dare say Wajir, that are lacking enough food and water even though the law stipulates that they should have enough food and water. Therefore, to that effect---"
}