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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First of all, I applaud Sen. (Dr.) Ali for this Motion. I have been looking at the marginalization policy in terms of where Sen. (Dr.) Ali comes from and the picture on page 29 of the marginalization policy shows the whole of North Eastern region as marginalized. Madam Temporary Speaker, what is happening in Wajir and Marsabit counties is further marginalization. We must condemn it in the strongest terms possible. Secondly, we have been accused by people we know that we have been doing things that do not concern us. This is one of those matters that the Senate must distinguish itself by making sure that the people in the North Eastern Frontier are treated like the rest of Kenyans who live in Murang’a, Nairobi, Kiambu and Makueni counties. We will not eliminate discrimination by discriminating further. There are two categories of people in Kenya who are treated as if they are nobodies; first, the teachers of this country. There is no person seated here who has not passed through a teacher. However, teachers are the poorest. There is no person seated here who does not have security. Teachers do not have security. The second category is doctors. The third one is police officers. People who take care of us are mistreated. I plead with this Senate that if the second session, after going to Eldoret is to go to North Eastern, let us go and camp there. All of us must show the world we do not fear the insecurity that people claim is there. Let us show that region is secure. Let us give hope to the children who are there. As Mandela said, education is the greatest engine of personal development. A child of a peasant can become a president. A child of a mine worker can become the head of that mine. We can only do so, through this and I applaud this Motion. Teachers and students must be protected because they are the future of this country. It is not even the oil in Turkana that we are talking about; the future of Kenya lies in making sure that the child in Marsabit, Mandera or any other place, gets the education that is found in the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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