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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Korere",
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        "legal_name": "Sara Paulata Korere",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I congratulate our President for the State of the Nation Address yesterday. Kenyans were watching. They were waiting to hear big issues from the President which unfortunately were not forthcoming. That notwithstanding, the calm that has been experienced in this country for the last few months since the famous handshake is something to talk about. I listened keenly to our President yesterday when he spoke on the issue of corruption. Corruption is a dragon, a disease and virus which is threatening to nullify the gains made in this country through devolution, handshakes, leg shakes and others. From where I sit, unless we stop talking about corruption and start acting this country is going to the dogs. While many people celebrate devolution, some of us are mourning because it has brought corruption to our doorsteps. The spirit of devolution is good and well intended. Unfortunately, some counties like Laikipia are missing from the Equalisation Fund list as we debate in this House. Some communities in Laikipia were colonised by the white, green and blue colonialists. Corruption in these devolved units is threatening the mainstay of our people. More and more land is being grabbed from communities leaving them with nothing. When we talk about devolution, Equalisation Fund, the spirit of cohesion and integration in this country we cannot achieve anything unless equalisation is met. Once upon a time when I was a student, I read a book called Animal Farm where all animals were equal but some were more equal than others. In this time and era we are still seeing those animals which are more equal than others. We are seeing some Kenyans who are more Kenyan than others. From the President’s Speech, I wanted to hear what he has in store for the marginalised people of Dol Dol, the ethnic minority group of Dorobo where I come from, the Njemps and Endorois and I heard nothing. Just like a colleague said earlier in this House some of us are tired. I am not tired to living or being the Member for Parliament for Laikipia North but tired of being part of a big group and cheering as other Kenyans take resources to their communities. Unfortunately, we have come to this House to help them pass laws and get resources while our people are still languishing in worse poverty than the colonialists left them. For me, it is so painful today, as a MP if I cannot access my community or own home because all the bridges in Laikipia North Constituency have been washed away. There are no roads and electricity, yet, we are still talking about the handshake which to me is good for Kenyans but means nothing to the people, I represent."
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