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    "id": 778572,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ng'ayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak to this Motion. From the outset, I was here when Hon. Wamalwa spoke. I want to inform him that Jubilee is spot on in terms of the big four agenda. The Budget Policy Statement (BPS) addresses it very well. But if you are out of Parliament most of the time and even when you are here you are unable to concentrate, it becomes difficult for you to know that we know where we are going. I want to associate myself with the comments or contribution made by the Member who has just spoken and also the Member for Wajir North, Mheshimiwa Ibrahim. As we engage on this issue, I am happy to hear from those people who come from that area. What I fear is the profiling of this region as one that is at war. Even areas that are peaceful would fall into this bracket. For those Kenyans who do not know how this country is, they will start fearing parts of this country and they will have a perception in their mind given the kind of contributions that we make on this Floor. It is very dangerous. Talking to the Members from that area, there are small sections that have been hit. In my constituency, I have buried people who were attacked in the quarries but we never stopped encouraging them to go and look for opportunities to work. We must lay the blame where it should be and it is the issue of insecurity. I agree that kids need to be in school. The measures that need to be put in place by the Government need to be quick and fast. Saying that members of one area should move out of that area is not a solution to this. Even as I speak, I know I am putting myself in the firing line from"
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