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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a very sad person today. Any Member of Parliament under Standing Order 34 has the right to amend any Bill and any clause of a Bill in this House. Hon. Lomenen was exercising his constitutional right to amend a Bill in the interest of his people and many other Kenyans. When he moved this Bill, he was given the permission and he corrected it on the Floor of this House and the HANSARD will bear me out. He said that he was going to leave the clause on provisions to the Mover and the Vice-Chairman of the Committee. He said that he wanted to move the section on percentages and he was allowed. We moved on based on that understanding. Then, from nowhere, the Leader of the Majority Party, out of vested interests…. This is a very weighty issue. As leaders of pastoralists and leaders from this region, unfortunately, Hon. Duale is one of them, are watching. The whole point of those clauses is to deny the people of Turkana the resource. This is one of the poorest counties in Kenya. Half of the people in those counties live below the poverty line. They are fed on relief food year in, year out. All of a sudden, they have a chance to make a difference in their lives and this Government - I am sorry to say that even though I support this Government - by capping and doing those percentages this Government is trying to deny the people of Turkana the resource that is rightfully theirs. This is an issue we will not agree to. You may have the numbers, but we must have our say. It must go on the HANSARD for Kenyans to know what is happening."
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